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New Govt Regulations Will Result in Disposal of 100,000 Baby Cribs

New Govt Regulations Will Result in Disposal of 100,000 Baby CribsWhen government waste is examined, the discussion typically focuses upon the monies Congress allocates to government agencies and bodies to use at will. But, what about the waste that government regulations cause in the private sector?

The Heritage Foundation’s Foundry blog has an intriguing piece discussing how new changes in government regulations could result in the mass disposal of over 100,000 baby cribs:

…[the cribs] could be destined for the garbage dump, according to new estimates released yesterday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Despite the large inventory, the Democrat-controlled CPSC voted 3-to-2 against extending [a] June 28 deadline.

Retailers had petitioned for the extension in hopes that they would be afforded more time to deplete their current crib supply. Kids Today has more:

Last week, the National Independent Nursery Furniture Retailers Association, Baby News, USA Baby, and the All Baby and Child Board petitioned the CPSC to allow retailers an additional 180 days…for retailers to sell through existing crib inventory.

They argued that the industry, and particularly small business owners, would be hard-hit if they weren’t allowed time to sell their existing inventory

Originally, estimates put the total number of affected cribs at 20,000. Unfortunately, economic woes created a situation in which stores couldn’t sell cribs as quickly as expected. With the government only providing a six-month window to get these out-of-code items off the shelves, stores simply cannot meet the deadline.

If the situation doesn’t change, this will force businesses to steeply mark down these products, as the cribs that don’t meet the new standards cannot be sold after June 28.

The odd part, as Heritage’s Rob Bluey notes, is that the current cribs haven‘t been deemed unsafe or hazardous and there hasn’t been a recall. These units simply don‘t meet the government’s newfound standards. You can read more about the governmental changes here.

(h/t Heritage Foundation)

Comments (57)

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  • conservativewoman
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 11:49am

    If this keeps up, Black Markets and bartering will be the way of the future.

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  • betsp
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 11:16am

    It is time for citizens of the United States, freemen, to declare this federal government and all its agencies unsafe. Time to recall the whole slimy bunch of socialist bureaucrats and send them to wherever they call home.

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  • powhatan
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 9:43am

    I know of a man that had a furniture building company in North Carolina. He has 3 facilities and used all american lumber….employed a lot of people….Well, he is now closing his last place up…The American lumber companies get a subsidy if they sell the lumber OUT of the U.S…So the price is way higher here in the U.S.

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  • wildturkeywatcher
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 9:42am

    My only hope is that we – as a nation – survive to the next election without being openly converted to a dictatorship. It seems to me that we’re getting awfully close to that with our hyper-active, pseudo-intelligent president/dictator.

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  • smalldog
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 9:08am

    @Tower… ““U.S. babies are dying at an increased rate….”

    I wonder how much of this is related to the increasing drug problem in the US?

    It seems to me as welfare spending increases, along with fraud, waste, & abuse, so does the drug problem.

    I think we have drug free school zones and then send children home to welfare fueled drug houses. Parents who can‘t be bothered to fix MO’s healthy food or salad, and thus have to feed them 3 meals and snacks at schools.

    Death too? As welfare spending increases, more babies die?

    Maybe all these deaths are due to drug use and stupidity?

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 19, 2011 at 4:47pm

      is Sodium Fluoride and Aspartame considered to be Drugs along with
      Prozac, Ridilin and Oxycontin ?

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  • smalldog
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 9:04am

    Putting small business out of business? I‘m thinking those ’unsafe‘ cribs can’t be sold at resale shops or garage sales either.

    How many have really died? I don’t think government regulation can really make a difference. It just seems to put money into the hands of special interests.

    I wonder how many special interests will make out big by selling more government approved cribs?

    Sounds like the old way of doing business…special interests write the regs. and include favorable treatment for their own products, job loss and bankruptcy for their competition.

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  • orlandojon
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 8:02am

    I understand government waste, but if retailers would stop buying cheap Chinese madee products, they wouldn’t be looking at this loss. Same goes to consumers…when you buy from the enemy we all lose.

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  • momsense
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 8:01am

    What about parental responsibility? Too lazy to get up and check on your kid or are you just too busy making another one?

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  • Sloburn
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:48am

    I just knew Obama would come through for us. He alone created jobs for the manufacture. and assembly of 100,000 baby cribs, now those are jobs you can believe in, and build a future with. You knew he could do it, after all it is a ObamaNation.

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  • christos
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 5:17am

    ……As if they care,probably not the company that plays ball with them,losers,they are lousy pretenders also,there is not enough rotten that could be said about them.

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  • DaBig2na
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 5:09am

    Why does gov‘t need to be in a baby’s crib? More gov’t regulation is not the answer! I lost my job of over 20 years thanks to the FDA and more gov’t regulation.

    We as a country have ceased to prosper because of regulations and the bureaucratic BS we have created. Our enemies are laughing at us under their breath. These agencies have been given far too much power. They can pass a law or regulation without the approval of congress. Most have no idea of what they are doing

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  • showmerancher
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:25am

    Why does it matter? Nothing of what made America great, what prompted it to grow and prosper and once become the greatest nation on earth continues to exist. It is gone forever. What exists is an illusion kept alive by those who continue to believe that we can again be that nation… but even that illusion is rapidly fading into oblivion. 2012 is too late… 2010 was too late.

    We talk of brave patriots like Patrick Henry who said “Give me liberty or give me death”, as we grovel before the TSA and submit to public groping before we board an airplane. Don’t you see? The bad guys won! They’re snickering at us as we line up like sheep… What happened to the spirit we had after 9/11 where we said we’d not submit, that we’d not change our lifestyles to suit those who would taunt us? We turned around and passed the Patriot Act, which directly violates many of the rights set forth in the Bill of Rights… yet we don’t challenge it. Like sheep we give up our freedoms one at a time for the sake of security. Remember, when you do so, you end up with neither freedom nor security.

    I’m sure our forefathers are rolling over in their graves, as are all of the patriot soldiers that died in wars fighting for the American ideals. We once stood up in the face of two other super powers in a Cold War that threatened nuclear annihilation… and won. Today we meekly submit to a government (that WE are supposed to control) that directly rules against the majority will of th

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  • eramthgin
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:51am

    Just another form of governemtal stimulation of the economy. Destory them so they have to go out and buy new ones and create jobs. Wow what a plan.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 8:03pm

      re : Destory them so they have to go out and buy new ones and create jobs. Wow what a plan
      *****
      Obvious ? “Who’s going to make the GOVENMENT APPROVED cribs? (GE can’t get the contract for everything, can it? )

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  • Midwest Blonde
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:43am

    Glad I’m not having kids now (mine are grown up and old enough to quit having kids too)

    This is pure BS. Just another regulation to control US citizens.

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  • brendafaye
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:02am

    This is dictatorship. Government run amuck! Treacherous! Trying to kill industry. Trying to kill jobs…. Trying to kill our country as we know it! Who is going to stop this garbage? Congress? The FBI? The CIA? Is there anybody with the power to shut down this stupidity in government? Can the government be an anarchist? Sounds like an oxymoron, but it seems like the government is trying to destroy itself. As Americans we must be willing to take a stand even if it hurts. What can we do that would be reasonable and effective without becoming violent?

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:47am

    Obama is just trying to regulate the economy and bankrupt hard working Americans. This man hates America and our allies. He really hates Britain because Kenya was a British Colony and had a bad effect on his grandfather and father. His grand father was a Mau Mau and went to jail for two years…Of course we know his father was a drunk and was admonished about fooling around with young women when he was going to school in Hawaii. They were about to deport him for his failure to comply with the standards of conduct required by foreign students. That was about the time he impregnated Obama’s mama. Too bad they didn’t before the dirty deed was done.

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  • Bob_R_OathKeeper
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:27am

    Time to throw all politicians out and start over, liberalism has infected this whole country, bunch of cowards.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:47am

      Progressivism…and corruption..to the point of all out tyranny

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  • monicalewinsky
    Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:24am

    Why are they throwing cribs out? I like going to people”s cribs. It can help your political career.

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:50pm

    It’s cribinal.

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  • Akbarjonnie Shaheed
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:28pm

    Free firewood for the jobless.

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:16pm

    Regulation after regulation!!! I seriously cannot breathe in this country!! Taxed on everything, income going down all the time! Out of control government!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 8:08pm

      re : Regulation after regulation!!! I seriously cannot breathe in this country!! Taxed on everything,
      ****
      Look on the Bright Side, the less you exhale, the lower your CARBON TAX if they get their Global Climate Change Regs through!

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  • GoingBeck
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:14pm

    This is a violation of the ex post facto clause of the constitution. Products manufactured prior to the effective date of a new law or regulation must be “grandfathered in”.

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    • go2gym
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:21am

      These morons don’t give a rats a** what the Constitution says.

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  • jackbauer
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:51pm

    Big Nanny Government! From cradle to grave and beyond, they are looking out for you! Oh, except if your inconvenient for mommy then it’s okay to dispose of you before you need a crib.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:53pm

      re : Big Nanny Government! From cradle to grave and beyond, they are looking out for you! Oh, except if your inconvenient for mommy then it’s okay to dispose of you before you need a crib.

      ***
      That’s just saying, (Probably accidently ) you make it PAST the womb ! { Gives a whole new meaning to “Womb to the Tomb ” , when you look at POTUS IL Senate record !!! }

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  • sooner12
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:37pm

    I am convinced that these government “officials” start off their day saying, “Who can we F*** over today.”

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:52pm

      I think you are correct ..they seem to feel compelled to do “something’ .. more and more rules, laws and unnecessary regulations are the result. We need to trim the government employees down to the bare bones.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:21am

      “U.S. babies are dying at an increased rate. The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR plus the northern California cities of Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose and Berkeley) reported the following data on deaths among those younger than one year of age:

      “4 weeks ending March 19, 2011: 37 deaths (avg. 9.25 per week)
      10 weeks ending May 28, 2011: 125 deaths (avg. 12.50 per week)”

      “This amounts to an increase of 35% (the total for the entire U.S. rose about 2.3%), and is statistically significant. Of further significance is that those dates include the four weeks before and the ten weeks after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. In 2001 the infant mortality was 6.834 per 1000 live births, increasing to 6.845 in 2007. All years from 2002 to 2007 were higher than the 2001 rate.”

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  • Profx72
    Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:36pm

    “A Wise and Frugal Government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson

    This type of regulation CLEARLY does not fit Mr. Jefferson’s description, and is definitely NOT “Good Government.” ‘Nuff Said.
    http://www.maverickvoice.com

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:40pm

      Any government regulation and/or law more than one page long NEEDS to BE REPEALED! Let the market govern itself…If it is not good the people won’t buy it!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:46pm

      your babies blood taken at birth
      http://www.lovethetruth.com/government/police_state/blood_dna.htm

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    • LOOKINGFROMTHERIGHT
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:57pm

      The whole problem would be resolved if we would just abort all the babies and we won’t need baby cribs anymore. Problem solved anything else the government can do for you just call the Obama Hotline.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:00pm

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGw2e7P8g-s

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:45pm

      I find it AMAZING that anyone is alive to post on this website.. according to the government WE SHOULD ALL BE DEAD.. killed by our drop down side cribs.. or maybe it was toys we played with.. or the walkers that were much smaller and really walked.. or was it when our mothers slept us on our stomachs.. gave us PET milk and kayo syrup instead of HIGH PRICED formula.. I am sure ALL of those things we did our parents did should have KILLED us and our kids… OMG how did we survive and become the generation that invented so much with our backwards infancy.. ?? PLEASE GOVERNMENT SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP..

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    • fastfacts
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:21am

      THE GOVERNMENT’S FAVORITE PAST TIME… WASTING MONEY.

      Did you hear that $6.6 billion dollars was sent to Iraq. Some how it disappeared. Now the Iraqi govt is suing the US to get that money… back. Talk about a waste and fraud. ( http://tiny.cc/5axyn )

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:26am

      Maybe instead of funding them with money, the government could buy these from the stores and give them to Planned Parenthood to be distributed to its patients?

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    • GadsdenPatriot
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 12:47am

      If this were at the hands of the right I could see the lamestream media’s twisted healines: Republicans Want Babies To Sleep On Razor Blades!

      The fact is this is the Cause and Effect, or REALITY of what comes from left-wing ideology. Sad.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:15am

      What! Do the new cribs have a picture of Obama on them?

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:16am

      Who cares about the babies that die? Our government certainly doesn’t! It is outrageous and tragic that our government and many of our doctors don’t care. Certainly we will never see medical officials caring about the deaths of infants caused by vaccines on a regular basis. The government’s identity has grown to such beastly proportions these days that everyone who is not “them” is an enemy, even the babies.
      What do medical officials really care when a baby dies from vaccine complications? What do FDA officials do to block out the guilt and pain of knowing that they caused a lifetime of suffering for a young child when they allow dental mercury amalgam (toxic waste dumps) to be put right in their mouths? Do they care about peoples’ iodine deficiencies that leave them more vulnerable to the radioactive iodine from Fukushima? Do they care about the wreck and ruin in millions of peoples’ lives suffering from the toxicity of fluoride deliberately put in the public’s drinking water supplies?
      And do you honestly think they are going to care about babies dying and fetuses being underweight from the radiation exposure coming over the Pacific to the west coast of the United States and Canada? We know the radiation is there for it has been detected and reported on the inside pages of newspapers in small print that one would need a magnifying glass to read. http://www.infowars.com/radiation-is-already-killing-babies/

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    • Want our country back
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:43am

      OMG obama supports drilling thru a full term baby’s brain if the mother decides after 8.999 months that she doesn’t want this baby, but is worried about the width of the crib bars….. Vote Republican in 2012 and try to put some common sense back into our once great country.

      I support Israel

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 9:34am

      Take a cue from other industries that have been through this – retailers can buy them from themselves, then, sell them as ‘used’ beds – of course, its probably illegal to sell used baby beds – california prohibits selling used mattresses – the mattress industry ‘convinced’ lawmakers that it is dangerous to buy a used bed. After all, they ALL are infested with bed bugs, aren’t they? I mean, the second you buy it, it is magically infested – regardless of how clean it is kept, regardless of hygiene, regardless if it was just used as a prop in a model home.

      Of course, if you sell “THE FRAME” for a decent price, you can GIVE them the used mattress.

      I imagine if you sold the FRAME of the baby bed, you could give them the mattress similarly.

      This is one of the many reasons government regulations are wrong – even IF – and that is a BIG “IF” – even IF their motives were pure, it is impossible to micro-manage a nation’s economic engine. It is called ‘central planning’ and it has faile, every single time it has been tried in history – call it socialism – call it communism – call it marxism – IT DOES NOT WORK.
      Capitalism is the most successful form of economy ever devised.
      Our problem is that it has been adulterated.
      In this day of internet and mobile devices, we have the technology and access to communicate our perceptions of corporate governance – If you like green companies – you can find green ones. If you like American products – well, okay, maybe you’re ou

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 11:11am

      Hmmm really…..”I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 11:12am

      Interesting you don’t identify the changes to the regulations, the purpose or the prior agreement with the industry that established the time frame. Doesn’t sound like it was done in a vacuum.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:32pm

      @banjarmon
      Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:40pm
      Any government regulation and/or law more than one page long NEEDS to BE REPEALED! Let the market govern itself…If it is not good the people won’t buy it!
      *********
      Even that’s a little lax; all government agencies need to be required to PROVE that the regulations they write are Constitutional BEFORE they become law, and any agency which has more regulations which are not Constitutional than are needs to be abolished !!! THE STANDARD ? ..ORIGINAL INTENT !!! As for Congress and Executive Orders; they too should be required to prove the Constitutionality of the laws they write BEFORE they are the Law of the Land !!! { As for abolishing Congress or the President, (one can dream!) I suppose we’d have to stick to recalls and impeachment to agree with Original Intent ! ! } Once that’s enforced, someone should look at ALL those already on the books.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 18, 2011 at 7:41pm

      @independentvoteril
      Everytime I read your posts, I’m encouraged that (somehow) they didn’t manage to destroy ALL wisdom in IL. (Did your mother learn to weave baskets when you were born, because I can’t imagine how else you manged to grow up with BO, Rezco (sp) Rhambo, Blago, et al entrenched! )

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