Posted on 08/16/2010 5:29:08 PM PDT by jazusamo
The latest dictates from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will drive up the cost of manufacturing products intended for children. The agency adopted a pair of new rules in July and August implementing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, but as drafted, these regulations will force companies to waste time and money on redundant testing programs solely for the entertainment of bureaucratic busybodies.
Anne Northup, one of the agency's five commissioners, has waged an often lonely fight in favor of common sense on this issue. She opposed the requirement for third-party testing of mattresses, carpets and other products intended for children when those items already are tested under existing laws. The redundant examinations, mostly checking flammability, can be prohibitively expensive. For instance, the regulations could require a manufacturer to build a queen-sized-bed prototype of a baby's crib just so it can be tested in an independent lab. Yet each of the component parts - the crib-sized mattresses, blankets and all other component parts - already are individually tested for the same hazards when manufactured.
"It adds costs, and it adds complexity at a time when businesses already are unlikely to invest in new jobs,"...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The deluge of new regulations is an untold story about the rat control of government. Every agency has piled on excessive regulation. There is a feeding frenzy of regulatory zeal under rat control. This 2008 law was a catalyst behind much new regulation. This law was one of the most disgraceful acts of the Bush presidency. He was either asleep when this law was signed or he is just a rat. I suppose that it not matter that Bush signed it. The rats would have passed it in 2009 regardless.
I would like to see an analysis of new regulations, agency by agency starting with the IRS. The IRS has assembled additional armies of auditors and examiners to harrass small businesses and productive taxpayers.
I agree and remember when this was passed and signed by Bush. Mountains of red tape that will cost big dollars, especially for small businesses and they cannot afford it.
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