Bush** admin. fighting improving Consumer Product Safety. I thought this was a joke

[AlinPA]

when I read it this AM.
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/10/30/consumer_safety_chief_is_against_expansion/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. she's against banning lead in toys?

IS SHE FUCKING KIDDING?

thanks for the heads up. on this. disgusting as it is.

[liberal N proud]

2. Profit over safety

[thecrow]

3. I bet it's related to this article..... about Chinese exports of CARS

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/10/30/official_chinas_auto_policies_to_adapt/

[AlinPA]

11. Hmmm. nt

[spanone]

4. This is a joke right??? the Onion? UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE.

has there EVER been an administration that cares LESS about you and I ???????

[AlinPA]

10. Its an NYT story in today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette. (page 7)

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Bush is totally EVIL...

Name any good thing he's done for working class Americans...

[Ezlivin]

6. I have completely lost faith in our government

Never have I felt so utterly abandoned by our so-called "leaders" as I do at this point.

We have a democracy only in theory. What we have is de facto fascist state.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Doesn't want foreign goods to be checked

because you have to remember some of these companies went from here to there. And they are now making money out the ying yang. If this administration has the item checked their money would dry up. GREED of the used to be American manufactures.

[Javaman]

8. plus we don't want to piss off china, since they stated that they are now

limiting the number of T-Bonds that they are going to buy.

there is the rub.

[skypilot]

9. ..double its budget and...

...increase its dwinding staff.

And she AGAINST this? Why doesn't she ask to be fired while she's at it.

[librechik]

12. yeah it's becasue they hate product lawsuits! (tort law)

wait...

but if products were safer, maybe less lawsuits?

NOOOO! That would require thinking in advance. We only do that for war!