Posted by
Locutisprime on Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:33:55 AM
New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
As each day of the Obama administration passes, it becomes more evident
and obvious to me that there are zealots afoot at all levels of our
government now.
While most Americans have been weighing and questioning the validity of
potentially allowing the government to manage their health care, the
obvious parallels of complete absurdity and incompetence continue to
spill forth from Washington like a waterfall.
The analogies and reasons why we should run screaming from any federally mandated health care program are almost endless.
Can a government that cannot even manage a cash for clunkers give away
program be trusted with our health care and our children's future?
Should a government that cannot even manage a government postal service
that is imploding and bankrupt and is completely incapable of competing
with the private sector, be allowed to manage our health care
nationally?
Should the federal government, who has already turned the Medicare and
Medicaid programs into the world's largest and most expensive and
unmanageable public health care program, be allowed to pass the same
tragedy on to us all?
I ask these questions rhetorically yet they remain prescient IMO. As
does another recent revelation of our imperial federal government in
Washington.
Unbeknownst to most Americans, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission slipped a nifty little piece of regulation into law and they
are now about to apply it to Americans all across America.
It seems that if you intend to have a garage sale now?
You had better
download the Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission's manual and
obtain a copy of all of their product recalls going back decades. And
you had better dutifully search through this government maze of
regulation and prohibition? Or else you might be fined from $100,000 to
$15,000,000 per violation for selling something you possess at a garage
sale. Something as seemingly innocuous as an "Easy Bake Oven."
Heaven forbid that you should offer up a set of lawn darts, or horse
shoes or an old wood burning set that doesn't have all it's warning
stickers. Do that? And they will probably come down on you like gang
busters and be talking prison time.
At what point does the ridiculous and absurd in federal regulation
reach a level where the people of this country will say enough is
enough? And if this is the government's version of looking out for the
interests of our children?
Just imagine what they have in store for
those who might attempt to sell a firearm to a friend or neighbor.
As a matter of fact? They are already hard at work on that too.
Have a look at
Blair Holt's
Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (H.R. 45)
Meanwhile, take that Easy Bake Oven to the crusher post haste, (while
you still have time) or else the brown shirts may be paying you a visit
soon. Ande it probably won't be long before they have government monitors in
the check out line. Taking notes on those buying cookie dough in small
quantities while pushing children around in their buggy.