CPSIA

I just recently learned of the new law put in effect by president george bush (yes he's not deserving of capital letters on his name).

Recently bush signed a law stating that in short, all businesses large and small who sell items catering to children 12 years and under, now have to go through third party testing for lead contents in their products. While the testing of each item reaches into the hundreds of dollars per item, the fines for illegally selling these items reaches into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Toy makers have started closing up their shops. Brick and mortar stores have also started closing up. Homecrafters are scared to death that their small businesses will be finished and especially those like me, who sell clothing and may only sew one to two of the same outfit. This will ruin all of us, ruin the economy for good, cause many families who rely on that small extra income to no longer be able to make ends meet. Bills will not get paid. Food will not go on the table. Items made prior to February 10, 2009, when this law takes effect, will no longer be sellable unless you get this third party testing therefore promoting more waste removal, more dumpage into our land and inevitably killing us or for the sake of lead that many of us grew up with and aren't dead for being exposed to it. Craft shows will see less crafter's. Garage Sales will no longer be allowed to sell anything relating to a child if it was made before this date and hasn't been tested. While I would never intentionally put a child at risk, laws need to be fair and bush didn't give a rat's behind when he signed this law. Ebayers and Etsians contributing to the field of products for children will no longer exist. The boutique world will no longer exist. Friendships will be ruined. Businesses will suffer. And as we fall into a third world country type atmosphere while bush sits on his rosey red ars living high on the hog, the rest of us will fall so far down under, we will have to die to see an end to it all, all because of CHINA, the initial country of fault here who provoked all of this and are now sitting on their arses watching us go under and them surely becoming the super power. Do we all really believe those gymnasts were of age at the olympics this past summer. How conveniently, the investigations were knocked by the waist side every time. China has nobody to tell them what to do. They have no shame, no scruples, no morals and obviously no laws regarding anything. I'm disgusted at this country we call the United States and have been for quite awhile. Politicians have a better chance of going to jail than a murderer. More and more jobs are going overseas while Americans live in the "United States of Disarray" barely able to make ends meet. Jobs aren't available to pay debt. Gas prices soar with no recourse. Car dealers get too greedy and then want bailed out. Abuse, neglect, child torture and abandonment, threats in schools, lack of good moral values in many families, police brutality, retirees not able to afford medical care, social security gone and the list goes on and on and on. This is not a country that is United. This is a country on it's way to the end. Right now we are no better than any of these countries we are fighting. Who are we to say what's right in another country when our own country is so screwed up, nobody knows the right way to live anymore. We vote in a new president in hopes he will make the changes he so claims. But in a time of change, Obama has already back railed on some of his promises. Promises that are fully researched are successful. Promises made to otherwise benefit ones own greedy intentions will never be successful. Many have high hopes for Obama based off his promises but he's got a huge problematic law that was just enacted, let's see what he does with it. While many of us will be spending our Christmas wondering will we be able to sell in the new year, congress is now sitting in their happy place at home for the rest of the year without a worry. I wonder how they would feel if the whole United States ignored their stupid new law. What are they going to do, fine the whole U.S. Give me a break. It's about time this country grows up and starts acting like a country United. I've got two young children at home that fight and bicker constantly but I will say this, in a time of need, they are more united than this country could ever have hopes of being. So sad!

Just to make a point of the trickle down effect:

*ebay, Etsy, Winkelf etc will lose a large business to do with children
*Merchant Moms and other website hosters will see many websites closing since they will no longer be needed and their sales will go down and those that keep their websites will face higher rates to keep theirs open to cover what these companies are losing, that's if the companies don't go belly up
*Sellersourcebook and other hosting sites, who needs hosting if you aren't selling
*Typepad and other blog companies we actually pay for won't be needed anymore 
*Toy stores stock will significantly decrease and some will close. Demand will go higher and so will prices.
*Garage sales will no longer sell children's items
*Landfills will fill with non-tested items
*Many clothing stores will close up shop
*Friendships lost of those who create together
*Bills not paid and more debt will be incurred
*Unemployment rate will rise even more
*Homecrafters will cease to exist-the core of the United States market
*Craft shows will no longer sell children's items
*The international market from those we CAN trust will no longer sell to us eliminating jobs overseas as well since workers won't be needed to handle as much output
*USPS, Fedex, UPS etc will see a decline in shipments
*Increased cost of items that will be able to meet the new requirements but the extra cost will be passed to the general public
*Customers will no longer be able to purchase the items they love
*Fabric companies and supply companies-well you get the picture!!!

There's more I'm sure and I'm just one person selling children's products. Amazing how my one business going down can affect all these other businesses and people. Again, I'm just one of the many. Despicable isn't it! I hope to be back in the new year but as of right now, there's just no telling. The future doesn't look great for any of us. They can take away my ability to sell, but they can't take away my passion to sew.  Come in, be united, sign the petition to stop this lunacy: SIGN PETITION HERE