oh gee. wonderful.

[surrealestate22]

A Quincy, Massachusetts woman who runs a micro-business from her home, warns that a new US law requiring costly testing for lead in children's products is going to turn millions of home-crafters into criminals - and old stock will have to be dumped

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[theultimate42]

It is simply amazing, isn't it? I can understand imports from China that have a pattern of such incidents, but where's the practicality here? It seems like the democrats who "seemingly" side with the poor are actually targeting the one thing that pensioners, crafters and stay at home moms can do to actually make ends meet. And I keep mentioning democrats for the sole reason of driving Fizzyland nuts. Balance, you know! ;P

[surrealestate22]

yeah this is total bullshit and yet another rimjob to privileged people and their venture capital. assholes!!

[sammhain]

Seriously, in what way have the democrats ever sided with the poor?

Things in this country have been headed this way since at the very least, the start of WW1. And yet millions of people continued to be duped into believing voting for the right people will fix the problem.

[theultimate42]

***Seriously, in what way have the democrats ever sided with the poor

[moonchylde]

Interesting; I'm going to have to run this by my lawyer friend and see what he thinks. There might be loopholes for non-import handicrafts. Or they'll have to make them, since the small business owners are going to have a shitstorm.

[surrealestate22]

yeah, it'll never be enforced practically as far as i can tell. the independent craft market seems to have a lot of momentum. upon a second reading, the article certainly does smack of paranoia...

[cowboyjesus]

All the best homecrafted stuff is a little bit illicit (See Moonshine).
Kinda exciting to be one step ahead of the "lead testers".