Rosewoods, some mahoganies and other trees are protected because they are becoming extinct.
You all can make your jokes about greenies but we do need to protect majestic species of trees. Its not a 3 lined skink, it’s an important species of trees and a beautiful wood grain. WOodworkers would not be happy if there wasn’t anymore rosewood.
Nothing we can do about that. It's up to the countries where those woods are native to protect them.
Banning import and exacting penalties on American manufacturers does nothing but hurt American manufacturers.
Now that China, Indonesia, India, etc, have entered the industrialized world without environmental concern and operate on a cash on the barrel head ethics, these laws have become irrelevant to conservation.
Maybe 40 years ago it would have made a difference, but not now.
In fact shifting the utilization of these woods to overseas manufacturers may even be counterproductive to their conservation.
So we should put up with tyranny when the goals are something we agree with?
RadiationRomeo wrote:
Rosewoods, some mahoganies and other trees are protected because they are becoming extinct.
It weird, in my copy of the Constitution of the United States, I can't find anyplace where it says we gave Congress the authority to tell a private busines what kind of raw materials it can or can't use to produce its wares.
Perhaps you can review Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and tell me where in the enumerated powers we delegated to the Congress we gave them such authority over our businesses. I don't see it.