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EDITORIAL: Light-bulb rights showdown--States defy federal claim to meddle in fixture choice
The Washington Times ^ | April 1, 2011 | Editorial

Posted on 04/01/2011 4:53:52 PM PDT by jazusamo

State lawmakers are fed up with the federal government micromanaging their lives. The South Carolina Senate is scheduled to strike back Tuesday with a bill that asserts the 10th Amendment right of the state to tell Washington to take a hike when it comes to the sale of incandescent light bulbs manufactured within state borders.

Ever since then-President George W. Bush signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the clock has been ticking on Thomas Edison’s venerable incandescent. Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, 2012, federal bureaucrats will begin their campaign to foist the mostly Chinese-made, compact fluorescent bulbs on a public that has shown no interest in buying them on the free market.

Palmetto State lawmakers aren’t interested in waiting for the feds to see the light. The “South Carolina Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act” declares any fixture that bears the stamp “Made in South Carolina” is a product of intrastate commerce and thus “is not subject to federal law or federal regulation.” State Rep. William E. Sandifer III, chairman of the South Carolina House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, told The Washington Times that the measure he co-sponsored has a very good chance of becoming law. “I believe that it is improper for the federal government to tell us as citizens what light bulbs we can use to light our own private homes or businesses,” he explained. “I think the feds have overstepped our 10th Amendment constitutional rights as they’ve so often done under the Commerce Clause.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Front Page News; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 10thamendment; cfl; incandescentbulbs; statesrights
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Good for South Carolina.
1 posted on 04/01/2011 4:53:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
State lawmakers are fed up with the federal government micromanaging their lives.

There is a resolution to this frustration that states tote.

What is there in an individuals life each day that one could point out that government doesn't have some sort of control over?

2 posted on 04/01/2011 5:02:00 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Please bump the Freepathon and donate or become a monthly donor!

3 posted on 04/01/2011 5:04:28 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
The states created the central government and should dismantle it, beginning with refusing to send any money to the damable fools of DC and refusing Obamacare and all other communist democrat plans of destruction. What a waste of taxpayers money is the whole federal government.
4 posted on 04/01/2011 5:11:57 PM PDT by kindred (Come Lord Jesus, rule and reign over all thine enemies.)
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To: jazusamo

One point that the CFL Marxist overlook is that millions of
ornamental and antique light fixtures would look stupid
and become worthless with CFL bulbs.


5 posted on 04/01/2011 5:15:55 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: steelyourfaith; ForGod'sSake

Ping.


6 posted on 04/01/2011 5:17:25 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: AlexW

Correct. It’s ridiculous for the feds to mandate what bulb can be used by us peons. There’s a place for both and people should make the choice for themselves.


7 posted on 04/01/2011 5:19:26 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Army Air Corps; grey_whiskers; WL-law; IrishCatholic; Whenifhow; SolitaryMan; mmanager; ...
Thanx for the ping AAC !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

8 posted on 04/01/2011 5:19:45 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips)
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To: jazusamo; devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; MeekOneGOP
Stay outta my 'glow'


9 posted on 04/01/2011 5:28:21 PM PDT by potlatch ( ~*coincidences usually aren't *~)
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To: potlatch

Big BUMP! :-)


10 posted on 04/01/2011 5:31:36 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Uhhhh. Are there any lightbulbs actually made in South Carolina?


11 posted on 04/01/2011 5:31:46 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Repudiate the national debt)
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To: jazusamo

WHY did GWB sign this POS legisation? I realized he wanted to be “liked” by evironmentalists who hated him, but he could have veoted it and sent it back to committee WITHOUT the light bulb ban. Then again, his “advisors” were morons.


12 posted on 04/01/2011 5:32:28 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: jazusamo

Oooh, maybe we can buy them from there.


13 posted on 04/01/2011 5:33:52 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: boop

I have no idea but he sure screwed up, this is a real fiasco.


14 posted on 04/01/2011 5:35:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Lol, thank you FRiend.


15 posted on 04/01/2011 5:36:45 PM PDT by potlatch ( ~*coincidences usually aren't *~)
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To: boop

The vast bulk of the political class of both parties would seem to be almost completely divorced from real life, let alone the concept of limited government.


16 posted on 04/01/2011 5:47:22 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: jazusamo

Toilets. We have to get commodes on the list in SC.


17 posted on 04/01/2011 5:50:29 PM PDT by arfingcat
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To: jazusamo

And washing machines and dishwashers. I forgot washing machines and dishwashers.


18 posted on 04/01/2011 5:51:17 PM PDT by arfingcat
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To: Persevero

“Oooh, maybe we can buy them from there.”

Well, this sounds like a good idea, but... a company sets up shop in SC (pretty capital-intensive, BTW); then, the feds will set up border agents to check cars for illegal lightbulbs. A tax will be set up for enforcement on everyone (on the assumption that you are purchasing illegal lightbulbs). Far fetched?


19 posted on 04/01/2011 6:00:57 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

Then the “feds” will need to be arrested and jailed.


20 posted on 04/01/2011 6:09:58 PM PDT by lrslattery
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