Comments on: Oh, THIS Will Help the Economy http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html For the New Dad in All of Us. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:21:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BenSpark http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1182 BenSpark Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:47:17 +0000 http://readtomedad.com/?p=158#comment-1182 Tristan, all of this energy is great but how can we harness it and help make our voices heard? Tristan, all of this energy is great but how can we harness it and help make our voices heard?

]]> By: Tristan Benz http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1180 Tristan Benz Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:37:17 +0000 http://readtomedad.com/?p=158#comment-1180 Ben - again thank you - to inspire us all to stop our world and really dig deeper on this - to know that it's OUR country and OUR responsibility to raise our voice together is incredibly important at this time in history (not in hindsight). Do we really want our children to come back to us one day and say, "why didn't you stop things when you had a chance? Why didn't you ASK the questions?" We have GREAT power IF we are willing to educate ourselves, dig deeper, ask questions and raise a noise, not just accept that this is all "for our own good" - NOBODY wants toxic stuff but our industry is not alone and all manufacturers are NOT created alike. Our hair barrettes are nothing more than re-mixing same components - why not test at the component level and ensure our tax dollars fund the arm of the government INTENDED TO DO THE JOB of protecting us from toxins in the first place? JUST ASKING :-) Thanks again, Tristan Benz Ben – again thank you – to inspire us all to stop our world and really dig deeper on this – to know that it’s OUR country and OUR responsibility to raise our voice together is incredibly important at this time in history (not in hindsight). Do we really want our children to come back to us one day and say, “why didn’t you stop things when you had a chance? Why didn’t you ASK the questions?” We have GREAT power IF we are willing to educate ourselves, dig deeper, ask questions and raise a noise, not just accept that this is all “for our own good” – NOBODY wants toxic stuff but our industry is not alone and all manufacturers are NOT created alike. Our hair barrettes are nothing more than re-mixing same components – why not test at the component level and ensure our tax dollars fund the arm of the government INTENDED TO DO THE JOB of protecting us from toxins in the first place? JUST ASKING :-)

Thanks again,
Tristan Benz

]]> By: BenSpark http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1178 BenSpark Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:01:02 +0000 http://readtomedad.com/?p=158#comment-1178 Pete, I'm with you on the less dependence on china for items. This law is not good at all. And the timing and the quietly passing of it is shady too. Pete,
I’m with you on the less dependence on china for items. This law is not good at all. And the timing and the quietly passing of it is shady too.

]]> By: pete http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1177 pete Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:54:31 +0000 http://readtomedad.com/?p=158#comment-1177 This is ridiculous. I wonder how places like Etsy will respond? Surely this will affect them since half of their sellers are those you describe above. Paranoia taken to the extreme, if you ask me. Great timing, too. Instead of delaying DTV, Obama should address this legislation. I have a better solution - how about importing less from China? Yes, things might cost a little more at first, but it would level out. Besides, think of the positive effects it might have on OUR country. <abbr><em><abbr><em>petes last blog post..<a href="http://dad-blogs.com/component/content/article/58-community-news/88-the-dad-blogs-kick-off-contest-.html" rel="nofollow">The Dad Blogs Kick Off Contest</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> This is ridiculous. I wonder how places like Etsy will respond? Surely this will affect them since half of their sellers are those you describe above. Paranoia taken to the extreme, if you ask me. Great timing, too. Instead of delaying DTV, Obama should address this legislation.

I have a better solution – how about importing less from China? Yes, things might cost a little more at first, but it would level out. Besides, think of the positive effects it might have on OUR country.

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]]> By: BenSpark http://readtomedad.com/oh-this-will-help-the-economy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1176 BenSpark Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:31:47 +0000 http://readtomedad.com/?p=158#comment-1176 Holly, There are sweeping ramifications to legislation like this. Well intentioned but certainly not thought through. It is really going to hurt hard working people. This will even put a stop to Allison's attempt to sell handmade knit baby hats. Holly,
There are sweeping ramifications to legislation like this. Well intentioned but certainly not thought through. It is really going to hurt hard working people. This will even put a stop to Allison’s attempt to sell handmade knit baby hats.

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