What right does the government have to tell me that I can’t poison children?
The House just passed a bill that will ban lead in toys by a vote of 424 to 1. The one who voted against the ban was, of course, Crazy Ron Paul .
Paul isn’t alone, though. 13 Republicans voted against the Senate version of the bill.
Libertarians also take an unusual position on global warming:
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(cross posted at appletree )
UPDATE: The Senate has now passed the final reconciliation of the bill by an 89-3 margin . I haven’t yet found which 3 senators were crazy enough to vote against consumer product safety.
Meanwhile, a new editorial in the Wall Street Journal criticizes congress for protecting American consumers. The Wall Street Journal is run by Australian Rupert Murdoch, which explains why they don’t care so much if American kids get lead poisoning.
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