Why should I care about big corporations who outsource labor and take shortcuts?
Large corporations are only a tiny percentage of the businesses that are affected by CPSIA. They are better able to afford expensive testing and compliance hassles because they can spread the costs over millions of products.
Small and tiny businesses with fewer than 20 employees are the majority of the businesses affected by CPSIA and are in danger of being closed altogether in the midst of a recession. Small businesses that don’t outsource production are in more danger from CPSIA than large corporations that do outsource production.
If you are angry at large corporations and would like to do something about it, I’m sure you’d agree that a law that barely grazes them while taking down many small businesses in the process is not the best way.
Two of the videos from the CPSIA and Small Businesses Briefing show the outrageous impact of CPSIA on two particular small businesses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiwT6BvPY2c
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqoYWctBjMk