[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I'm just starting to look into this legislation.

But it appears that big corps used the tainted products from China as an excuse to pass legislation that is designed to destroy small business and especially folks making craft-type items in their home and selling them online.

Does this law require that Hallmark (and others) send all birthday cards for 1-12 year olds out for tests, but not 13 and above. It really is a stupid piece of legislation.

Bad law not only doesn't help, it does damage.

[Evil Slayer]

Oh, the carefree days of “Little House on the Prairie” where the Ingles had everything they needed without government intervention (and were happy, healthy and wise). Bring those days back.

[PeterPrinciple]

Bad law not only doesn't help, it does damage.

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This is not law, it is regulation by bureaucrats.

[PeterPrinciple]

As a side note if any of you own property built before 1974, your property was just lowered in value because it MIGHT have some lead in it. No one is going to buy your property except at a steep cash discount and no lender is going to lend money to anyone to buy it..............

[P8riot]

It's the same with the FDA and USDA. They are in the back pocket of companies like Tyson, and Con-Agra to make regulations so onerous that it all but prevents local farms from selling their products on the open market without first submitting to expensive government testing.

For a good treatise on this read this.
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal.

[Straight Vermonter]

But it appears that big corps used the tainted products from China as an excuse to pass legislation that is designed to destroy small business and especially folks making craft-type items in their home and selling them online.

Correct. My sister has been telling me about this. She makes hand-made clothing and will likely have to stop due to this law.

[neb52]

“But it appears that big corps used the tainted products from China as an excuse to pass legislation that is designed to destroy small business and especially folks making craft-type items in their home and selling them online.”

That is usually the reason behind most regulatory legislation. Environmental laws are another area that is really pushed by big corporations to help make their products more “scarce” thus up the price.

[RikaStrom]

I wonder when stuff like this is going to go into other arenas. Right now it is clothing that we can’t purchase and a thrift store, but what about when it goes to books.

I know, I know, completely off topic and no lead law about books, but it got me thinking.

I puchased an electronic book yesterday, and one of the first screens was a “cannot be resold, given, etc. to anyone”. Obviously so that the author would not lose money by having her books redistributed without rebuying. But, what about all the used book stores? And giving my neighbor a book that I’ve finished and no longer want?

[Zechariah_8_13]

But it appears that big corps used the tainted products from China as an excuse to pass legislation that is designed to destroy small business and especially folks making craft-type items in their home and selling them online.

Exactly. All this leaves us with is Chinese cr@p, while putting everyone else out of business. Several major German toy companies that have already announced they're pulling out of the US Market.

This is backlash from the Chinese companies who suffered (and continue to suffer, rightly so) last year with the lead and dangerous plastics issues.

It's honestly one of the worst pieces of legislation I've ever heard of. Unbelievable.