American Thinker Blog: What big government? Feds to regulate garage sales: "This story is actually a couple of days old but I wanted to write about it because it portrays a bureaucratic mindset that we would have to deal with if health care reform passes.
The Bush era Congress passed the 'Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act' in August of 2008. It was, as most legislation, an overreaction to the Chinese toy scare.
It was designed to 'require extensive testing of any toy, book, or item of clothing intended for kids under the age of 12.'
But ambitious bureaucrats have taken the bill and interpreted it to mean 'used' toys as well. And now it appears that CPSC enforcers are going to be fanning out across the country in search of garage sales and church bazzars that are not in compliance.
No - I'm not kidding. An agency of the federal government in Washington is actually going to reach all the way down to your neighborhood and make sure that you're following their interpretation of the law."
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