Re: Contact Lens Rule, Project No. R411002

By Atkinson, Robert D., Dr.

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Title:	Re: Contact Lens Rule, Project No. R411002
Author:	Atkinson, Robert D., Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Trade, Import and export controls, Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection, Federal Trade Commission
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Dear Sir or Madam: The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is pleased to submit these comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Contact Lens Rule. PPI is a think tank whose mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics and policy for America in the 21st Century. PPI has been keenly interested in promoting public policies to foster ecommerce, which we view as a major driver of economic growth. In this context, PPI has published a number of reports documenting the extent to which existing laws, regulations, and business practices hinder the growth of e-commerce, particularly regulations designed to protect incumbent businesses or professions from more robust e-commerce competitors. We see this wide array of protectionist laws and regulations as a major threat to the growth of e-commerce. In fact, in our report entitled The Revenge of the Disintermediated: How the Middleman is Fighting E-Commerce and Hurting the American Consumer we estimated that Americans pay a minimum of $15 billion more per year for goods and services because of e-commerce protectionism by middlemen. The report specifically identified the Internet sale of contact lenses as an industry where optometrists have worked to make it increasingly difficult for contact lens wearers to buy contacts online. In addition, in our report The Best States for E-commerce, we identified state laws and regulations in a host of industries, including contact lens, that limited consumer choice without providing any other benefits, such as health or safety.