Comments on: For CPSIA reform, unexpected bedfellows https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/for-cpsia-reform-unexpected-bedfellows/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 20 May 2009 15:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: GR https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/for-cpsia-reform-unexpected-bedfellows/comment-page-1/#comment-48685 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:11:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11257#comment-48685 From the reason article: “As the Handmade Toy Alliance points out on its homepage, “If this law had been applied to the food industry, every farmers market in the country would be forced to close while Kraft and Dole prospered.””

Well, HR 759 and NAIS will make that happen!

]]> By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/for-cpsia-reform-unexpected-bedfellows/comment-page-1/#comment-48675 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:04:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11257#comment-48675 The “Reason” article brings tears to my eyes. It was well written and told well of the hardships for well intentioned very nice people. But there is a degree of nuttiness with these people that plays into make it absolutely safe regulation. What happens to the various craft businesses is of no import if, indeed, their doo-dads actually pose a risk to children. Even Representative Barton missed this point. CPSIA will save not a single child from anything. It is based on pseudoscience.

We have the beginning of dredging the Hudson for PCBs. Every sane person realizes that the program is a half billion dollar waste. Even Ms. Whitman who approved it knew that it made no sense.

Democracy can work only if the populace has some understanding of issues. We see in California a democratic state that votes for physically absurd regulations and unlimited services while reducing taxes.

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