Contributed by: filbert Friday, May 08 2009 @ 06:16 PM CST
Selling old kids books, anything with metal, paint, or plastic that a kid might use, old clothes or shoes with metal components that a kid might wear? You know, any of the stuff people routinely sell at yard sales? Technically, you could be on the hook for thousands of dollars worth of fines. Obviously, it’s unlikely the CPSA goons are going to bust up your yard sale. But putting out a detailed booklet that reserves the right to do so is hardly encouraging about where the implementation of this legislation is heading.
Here’s the Government’s booklet (pdf)[*3] in case you’re interested in how you’re tarnishing the New Worker’s Paradise.
Should you wish to report on your neighbor’s blatant flaunting of these common sense Government dictates, click here to be a Good Citizen and rat out your neighbor. You know you want to.Remember, you are only as good as your Government lets you be.