Weren’t we warned about this?
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is set to go into effect in stages, beginning Feb 10th. This Act protects Americans from the horror of products that haven’t been completely tested, certified and documented. All great and dandy… After all, who isn’t a fan of safety?
However, the law of unintended consequences bites quickly and painfully. As with the Luxury Tax that put the domestic boat building industry out of business, as will CPSIA do for small manufacturers of products for kids under 12! There will be a lot of businesses going under, with people losing their jobs, and we will only be more dependent upon foreign manufacturers than we are already.
Common sense is one thing, but this is ludicrous. Are we supposed to believe that we are going to be any more safe? That we are going to feel that much more secure about the products that we are using for our children?
The Federal Government needs to take a long hard look at all the programs and laws that have been enacted and do away with most of them. Get back to the Constitution, free markets, and free peoples.
Otherwise it is only going to get worse.
