Re: TownHall.com – 3/7/2008 – “A Looming Congressional Threat to Small Businesses” – Paul Weyrich

Weyrich says “The bill would create a government-sponsored website which would allow people anonymously to smear companies” He obviously distrusts the objectivity of the government and the people. Weyrich also says “The measure would create a new tool for State Attorneys General antagonistic toward business to harass companies”. He also apparently distrusts the states. Just who does he trust? Apparently he trusts the unfortunate small businesses who “unknowingly [sell] a dangerous product”, and whose ignorance should obviously protect them from legal responsibility for the safety of the products they sell.

Weyrich says “Currently a business only has to comply with one set of laws and regulations, that of CPSC. This law would allow each state the opportunity to set up its own consumer product regulations. Potentially a company could be forced to comply with fifty different sets of rules and regulations”. Whatever happened to states rights? I wonder what Weyrich would say on issues where the states are friendlier to businesses than the Feds?

Does Weyrich really believe that everyone who might possibly find fault with business is obviously too biased to be trusted and must be restricted by law from acing on their biases, all in order to protect businesses when they fail in their responsibility to act responsibly.