We Sang a Dirge For You
I received an email from Jim Guest, President, Consumers Union, as did probably every subscriber to Consumer Reports. Mr. Guest was appealing for a petition to Congress to get these dangerous products off the market. What products? Toys containing lead; Sesame Street’s Elmo, Dora the Explorer, Winnie th Pooh “and more.” 20 million got through.
Well, Jim, all I can say is America got what America asked for. America wanted tort reform. America got tort reform. America made products liability cases against sellers of poisonous toys nearly impossible. If the sellers were afraid, from fear of a products liability lawsuit, to offer their products for sale without have them tested in a lab first, your campaign might be unnecessary.
One thing bears scrutiny: Is the official Consumer Reports position that government bureaucrats will police the system better than products liability lawsuits?
“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance, we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.” Matthew 11:17 (NIV)
