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My understanding is that, while you are technically correct about some details, the larger point is that the law presumes your goods to be dangerous until you d
by tc 17y ago
My understanding is that, while you are technically correct about some details, the larger point is that the law presumes your goods to be dangerous until you do testing to prove those goods to NOT have the characteristics described above. Hence, for a yard sale, it would be infeasible to sell old toys as the testing would cost more than any conceivable gains.
I'm assuming that the author of the linked stub was going to address this in the full article he mentioned.
Like all the members of Congress who voted on this though, I'll admit to not having actually read the full 63-page bill and the thousands of pages of existing law that it references, extends, and amends. So if I'm categorically wrong, and you've fully read and understood the consequences of the law, please set me straight.
I am clear on the fact that this law has been a serious concern for small manufacturers, though I presume they could fall under more onerous regulation than yard sales.
- andylei 17y agonope. on the first substantive page, in big bold text, it says "You are not required to test your products for safety."
- tptacek 17y agoWhat makes Reason's case even weaker is that their evidence is a very readable guidebook aimed at laypeople, not some subtle clause buried in a 200-page bill.
- tc 17y agoNot to change the terms of the debate, but you know, at the end of the day, it's a bit tyrannical that a person should be expected to consult anything from Washington DC to hold a yard sale.
- tptacek 17y agoSo you'd be cool with people selling patent medicines and shark-fin cancer cures too, I take it? We'll have to agree to disagree.
- tc 17y agoDo you really think people need Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, or John Boehner to command them from on-high in Washington DC on how to morally conduct commerce? Fraud is a crime. Cities have been dealing with it for a long time. People don't need bureaucrats in DC to tell them to not stick jellybeans up their nose.