PDF OF NFDA TESTIMOMY NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRETORS ASSOCIATION-Testimony of Randall L. Earl
Today, NFDA Treasurer Randall Earl, CFSP, testified at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection concerning the “Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2009″ (H.R. 3655). The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., comes on the heels of the scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in suburban Chicago, Ill., and would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a separate rule that would cover cemeteries and all other sellers of funeral or burial goods or services.
In his testimony, Earl stated: “NFDA believes this bill outlines for the FTC a rule that we have long argued was necessary, given a dramatically changed marketplace, with new and non-traditional sellers offering many more choices for consumers to purchase funeral or burial goods or services, and the risks they take in dealing with them in a lightly or even unregulated environment.”
In November 2009, NFDA sent a letter of support to Rush, noting that the association would support all efforts to have H.R. 3655 signed into law.Via NFDA Facebook Notes
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The National Funeral Directors Association NFDA wants non traditional sellers regulated-They even went as far as to name Walmart and Amazon.com. Walmart and Amazon are selling Caskets online.
This was all done in testimony before Congress on January 27th 2009 by the NFDA executive treasurer, Randall L Earl. The hearing was on the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act Initiated by Congressman Bobby Rush.
Earl is a controversial figure named in Lawsuits and investigations in the Illinois Funeral Directors Association IFDA Trust Ponzi Scheme. In Spite of these allegations he continues to serve on the Executive Board.
The Funeral Industry in the United States is in decline because of the rise of non traditional alternative funeral
In his testimony, Earl stated: “NFDA believes this bill outlines for the FTC a rule that we have long argued was necessary, given a dramatically changed marketplace, with new and non-traditional sellers offering many more choices for consumers to purchase funeral or burial goods or services, and the risks they take in dealing with them in a lightly or even unregulated environment.”-Via NFDA Facebook Notes
The fact that the traditional funeral guys are in an uproar over nontraditional funerals is good for the funeral consumer.
Non traditional funerals mean less than the average cost of a funeral for consumers,
The entire Funeral industry is trending to the lower cost funeral.
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The Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act came about because of the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal
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