Linus believes that having clear guidelines for influencer marketing is essential for protecting consumers.

“the European commission commented that this exposes a need for modern robust legislation to protect consumers from hidden advertisements”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a vital government agency that provides necessary accountability for large corporations that harm consumers.

“we do it because we want to give people power and dignity in their life and I think that's exactly what the CFPB has done for so many.”

Democrats have failed to effectively frame government regulations as essential consumer protections against corporate greed.

“The Democrats should have done a better jobs saying these aren't regulations, they're consumer protections. The last people that need more money are the airlines. The last people that need more money is Jeff Bezos.”

Companies make the returns process intentionally difficult to discourage customers from seeking refunds.

“I feel like when you try to return something, they make it so hard that like I just I tried to return something this morning and it was so much work, so many phone calls. I finally just said, you know what, I'll just keep it.”

The Resy app and third-party scalping services are negatively impacting the ability of local residents to dine at neighborhood restaurants.

“The Resy app has made it so I think people from the tristate area can they book all of these all of these reservations for like date night, whatever all these things, whatever it is. And they come into the city, they clog all the restaurants up and like regular like neighborhood New Yorkers can't ge”

Ticketmaster's monopolistic practices harm consumers by increasing prices through fees and reducing the quality of ticketing services.

“Well, what they do is they just raise prices. They slap random fees on you. They um enable scalping and uh just make it really hard to tell what anything costs. And so the net effect is higher prices to the consumer and probably lower income to uh to actual to artists”