Is it because he ate too much lead paint as a kid?
posted by
Wally
10:16 AM
Why does George Bush hate children?
For the past couple months, Bush has been fighting to prevent the expansion of health insurance for low income children, threatening to veto SCHIP bills allowing for more children to be covered. Now we find out that he has been actively fighting efforts to protect them from dangerous toys from China (and other places).The Bush administration and China have both undermined efforts to tighten rules designed to ensure that lead paint isn't used in toys, bibs, jewelry and other children's products.
Both have fought efforts to better police imported toys from China.
The Bush administration has hindered regulation on two fronts, consumer advocates say. It stalled efforts to press for greater inspections of imported children's products, and it altered the focus of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, moving it from protections for consumers to a more manufacturer-friendly approach.
"The overall philosophy (of the administration) is regulations are bad, and they are too large a cost for industry, and the market will take care of it," said Rick Melberth, director of regulatory policy at OMBWatch, a government watchdog group formed in 1983. "Too large a cost"? And what's the cost of poisoning our children? Oh, never mind, with private health insurance (for those who can affort it), "the market will take care of" that too.
Eat Lead, Sucker
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