CPSIA Gets a Little Attention

I have read so many great articles/posts and seen videos about this horrible law that explain it better than I could, so I want to highlight a few of them.

This affects way more people than many realize: not just parents, and creators of handmade children's products, but readers, store owners, teachers, librarians, environmentalists, toy collectors, and the American and World economies as a whole. Small business are important!

Read the mess here: http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html

Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/

Here's an article in Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html

Some news stories about CPSIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKFFvw2Nds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwNu7w2BSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UduX5S6E0

Mr. Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RT8MFgvyhw

Video Blogger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOwYFv-QA0

And the Bloggers
http://joeyandaleethea.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/cpsia-of-2008.html
http://magdalenejewelsblogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/carnival-atrocities-of-cpsia.html
http://ellebelleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/did-you-know.html
http://sewitsforyou.blogspot.com/2008/12/cpsia-law-100th-post.html
http://madebymelissa.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-is-cpsia-all-about.html

Thank you Ron Paul for voting against this horrible bill. To everyone who voted for this: shame on you and, and pull your heads out of your asses and fix this law!

Single Payer FAQ

Some Frequently Asked Questions from Physicians for a National Health Program about a Single Payer Health Insurance Program

http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php#socialized

I was just looking around for more information on Single Payer and found some great stuff I wanted to share.

Here's a little video about the basics. http://www.grahamazon.com/sp/whatissinglepayer.php

Some information about Taiwan and their single payer system http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89651916

This one is about Japan's system http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89626309 while Japan has a multi- payer system, insurance companies can't deny people because of pre-existing conditions and they have to cover all doctor visits. Premiums are low because the government sets the price for many procedures and medications.