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Dianne
09-18-2009, 10:34 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9703882&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

amy31416
09-18-2009, 10:42 AM
The guvmint's just protecting us! Yay!

erowe1
09-18-2009, 10:50 AM
What that article fails to mention (unless I missed it) is that the law these roundups are enforcing is one that passed overwhelmingly in 2008 with only one "no" vote.

There's no need to say who cast that vote.

amy31416
09-18-2009, 10:53 AM
What that article fails to mention (unless I missed it) is that the law these roundups are enforcing is one that passed overwhelmingly in 2008 with only one "no" vote.

There's no need to say who cast that vote.

And that's why we're here.

Do you know the name/number of the bill? I like to look at 'em and see how the doublespeak/legalese translates into real-life situations.

JoshLowry
09-18-2009, 10:56 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9703882&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/ (http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9703882&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/)

It never ends!

Melissa
09-18-2009, 11:06 AM
they are so crazy anymore would be funny if not so sad

cbc58
09-18-2009, 11:19 AM
and if an illegal buys something you can probably still get fined...

JeNNiF00F00
09-18-2009, 11:41 AM
Such bullshit. What if people COLLECT these type items?

Dianne
09-18-2009, 11:53 AM
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA)


Self-congratulation makes for bad law.



If someone you know volunteers at a thrift store or crochets baby hats for the crafts site Etsy or favors handmade wooden toys as a baby shower gift, you've probably been hearing the alarms about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).

Hailed almost universally on its passage last year--it passed the Senate 89 to three and the House by 424 to one, with Ron Paul the lone dissenter--CPSIA is now shaping up as a calamity for businesses and an epic failure of regulation, threatening to wipe out tens of thousands of small makers of children's items from coast to coast, and taking a particular toll on the handcrafted and creative, the small-production-run and sideline at-home business, not to mention struggling retailers. How could this have happened?

Congress passed CPSIA in a frenzy of self-congratulation following last year's overblown panic over Chinese toys with lead paint. Washington's consumer and environmentalist lobbies used the occasion to tack on some other long-sought legislative goals, including a ban on phthalates used to soften plastic.

The law's provisions were billed as stringent, something applauded by high-minded commentators as a way to force the Mattels and Fisher-Prices of the world to keep more careful watch on the supply chains of their Chinese factories.

Barbed with penalties that include felony prison time and fines of $100,000, the law goes into effect in stages; one key deadline is Feb. 10, when it becomes unlawful to ship goods for sale that have not been tested. Eventually, new kids' goods will all have to be subjected to more stringent "third-party" testing, and it will be unlawful to give away untested inventory even for free.

The first thing to note is that we're not just talking about toys here. With few exceptions, the law covers all products intended primarily for children under 12. That includes clothing, fabric and textile goods of all kinds: hats, shoes, diapers, hair bands, sports pennants, Scouting patches, local school-logo gear and so on.

And paper goods: books, flash cards, board games, baseball cards, kits for home schoolers, party supplies and the like. And sporting equipment, outdoor gear, bikes, backpacks and telescopes. And furnishings for kids' rooms.