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So you think that each state should have a light bulb plant? If not, then we are talking interstate commerce, which means federal standards.
by mbreese 15y ago
So you think that each state should have a light bulb plant? If not, then we are talking interstate commerce, which means federal standards.
- dantheman 15y agoNope, but the light bulb plant can choose which states it wants to sell in and manufacture bulbs that meet those requirements. In fact they may just make one that meets the strictest requirements, and people other states may choose to purchase STATE X efficient bulbs.
- chc 15y agoIt is not actually the federal government's job to regulate every detail of every transaction that crosses state lines. The specifics of the lightbulbs are only tangentially related to the commercial transaction and even less connected to the fact that it crosses state lines, so I would hardly consider Congress negligent if it declined to make rules for cross-state light bulb shipping.