tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post8955389080305167287..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - Another One Bites the Dust (Change We Can Believe In?)Rick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-80863531389785425532009-08-26T10:33:29.790-05:002009-08-26T10:33:29.790-05:00Winston Churchill cautioned: "If you destroy ...Winston Churchill cautioned: "If you destroy a free market, you create a black market". <br /><br />Hard to belive that in the wake of so much evidence that our politicians remain apathetic, I hate to speculate but they must be in denial as to the impact this legislation will have on the industry and how sad a list of casualties is required in order to make a point. <br /><br />Economic terrorism, the next US threat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-70510441771539313442009-08-25T14:29:05.533-05:002009-08-25T14:29:05.533-05:00I would have used Obama's more key phrase &quo...I would have used Obama's more key phrase "A Dream Deferred." He talked all about how Americans should not have to defer their dreams. This law deferred mine permanently.Fabulous Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00092518938396834620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-53624500957138139242009-08-25T09:18:37.529-05:002009-08-25T09:18:37.529-05:00Very sad to see yet another safe, quality product ...Very sad to see yet another safe, quality product for kids pushed out of the market. This is exactly the type of product I WANT my kids to have. Parents have had to start their own businesses in order to make durable, safe, high quality products available to our kids in the US. Too many of our large mass-producers have found so many cost-reducing short-cuts that their products are now just junk. Mattel’s latest cost-reducing short-cut: <b>in-house</b> CPSIA testing, insures more of the same from them. CPSIA’s insurmountable burdens on small businesses, insures more closures of small producers offering the alternative to mass-produced products. We have Congress to thank for this mess. Remember that at reelection time – recall the CPSIA, and recall those who refuse to fix it.Jen DeGracehttp://www.waytobow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-85906501257370638772009-08-24T23:49:17.019-05:002009-08-24T23:49:17.019-05:00Don't give up, Rick! Small businesses need a v...Don't give up, Rick! Small businesses need a voice. (Mine has also bit the dust until I can figure out what to do . . . . and yes, I was super small, making only a few custom ordered doll and kids clothing items a month, but it still was a small business, and helped bring in money for our kid's music lessons. . . . )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-33322588417338839172009-08-24T22:37:25.700-05:002009-08-24T22:37:25.700-05:00so sad. i think we can all relate to woodman conce...so sad. i think we can all relate to woodman concept's story and decision to close.<br /><br />those unintended consequences were not so unintended afterall. so much for all the chatter among the politicians that we were misinformed. <br /><br />thanks rick for continuing to share the real story with this law.jennifernoreply@blogger.com