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Taking a short break from accomplishing absolutely nothing, today Congress showed an unheard of level of bipartisanship in support of a bill that would see 50 percent of all franchisee fees going to the federal government, as well as establish a standardized fee benchmark across all brands that is in some cases twice as high as current levels. House Majority Leader Oliver Klozoff (R) <a href="http://emotibot.net/pix/6049.jpg?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=congress-proposes-bill-demanding-half-of-all-franchisee-fees-1397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">released a statement</a> ahead of a vote on the bill highlighting how support for the legislation has crossed aisles. &#8220;American students continue to fall behind children in other industrialized countries in regards to math, science and reading, but instead of doing anything about that, we all figured we&#8217;d just gouge the franchising industry with more legislation intended to make it more difficult for small-business owners to achieve their dreams of entrepreneurship,&#8221; Klozoff said. When reached for comment, <a href="http://emotibot.net/pix/6049.jpg?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=congress-proposes-bill-demanding-half-of-all-franchisee-fees-1397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Klozoff told 1851</a>, &#8220;Yeehaw!&#8221; in an exaggerated Southern accent despite being a congressman from California. House Minority Leader Jacques&nbsp;Strap (D) was slightly less enigmatic regarding what was driving this legislation. &#8220;Well, we&#8217;re&#8230; we&#8217;re kinda broke,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href="http://emotibot.net/pix/6049.jpg?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=congress-proposes-bill-demanding-half-of-all-franchisee-fees-1397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Strap said</a>. &#8220;America, I mean. And since the top 1 percent of U.S. earners enjoy more in government tax breaks than the bottom 80 percent of Americans combined thanks to a complicated and corrupt system that has been designed to reward only the very rich, we decided we&#8217;d just screw over franchisees and the brands they&#8217;re trying to work with. More than we already do, I mean.&#8221; Anonymous sources told 1851 President Obama, who was purportedly and ironically eating a Big Mac at the time, expressed&nbsp;no intention of vetoing the bill. &#8220;I&#8217;m outta here in like a year anyway,&#8221; he allegedly said, shrugging and sighing. &#8220;Whatevs.&#8221;<div>Read more <a href="http://www.happyholidays2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Happy-April-Fools-Day-Images-51.jpg?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=congress-proposes-bill-demanding-half-of-all-franchisee-fees-1397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>

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