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Are the DIM bulbs currently in Congress constitutional?

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

I am just guessing here, but I am expecting them to ban regular farting. Too much methane and left-over residue in your drawers here.

The leaders of of country, have turned into the pleaders of our country: they think that this country has gone awry, because not everyone embraces this Global Warming Mythology.

Only a matter of time before they ban butt floss, and then the terrorists will have won.

I think the government needs to quit trying to mandate how every person should live. It isn’t a Constitutional thing, these light bulbs and so should not be even brought up before the floor. How long will it be before they ban the new bulbs because of mercury poisoning?  As it is, the old style bulbs are reliable and we don’t have to worry about polluting the environment by discarding them but the new bulbs are highly toxic to the environment.

Is this something for a congressional vote? No. Is it something for congressional concern? Yes, but only if it is to get rid of the mercury which is a more viable problem to the environment.

Besides, who stands to profit from all of these mercuric light bulbs anyway?

I may be wrong but don’t those six and eight foot long fluorescent tubes that we have been using for years also contain mercury? If so, how come we are not all dead from mercury poisoning since we have been tossing these things in the trash for decades. As to the Congress, wouldn’t it be great to wake up just one morning without learning that they have once again done something stupid.

In California, they add a tax to every computer monitor, laptop, or television that is sold because of their toxicity.  And yet, the typical bulb that are are soon to mandate we purchase has far more mercury than these devices do.  Why aren’t they taxing the bulbs?

Wait… Environmental Protection Agency must be called for a broken bulb?

Ms. Farrah forgot to insert the word “procedure” between the words “cleanup” and “is”.  I have a “procedure” I use every morning after using my “low flow” toilets, also mandated by republicans and democrats.  It involves a plunger and twice as much water as the toilets they replaced.

Ignoring the Constitution is just business as usual in Foggy Bottom.

Just one more example of the leftists wanting to
rule our lives from cradle to grave. We’re not smart
enough to do it on our own, don’t you know. I’ve also read the CFLs don’t work in cold weather. So that means your porch, unheated garage, laundry room lights will not work. Next the leftists will legislate that we must all carry around flashlights when entering these dark areas. Punishable by fines and jail time of course. If Congress reverses that insane law it might very well be a first since they
know better than we do.

So how does the question go.....How many government workers does it take to change a light buld?

I’m no expert, but isn’t it unconstitutional to prohibit sales/purchase of a certain type of [insert product here] based on how much [insert natural resource here] it uses?  Especially considering it is not much of a safety threat so it doesn’t fall under the category of endangering oneself or others?
Government giving preferential treatment to certain manufacturers by banning purchase of a particular product is also illegal isn’t it?
I found out recently that it is unconstitutional to dictate what substances people can and cannot put into their bodies.  They got around that by saying you can only buy the substance if you were prescribed it by a doctor, and you can only prescribe it if you had a license (read: paid money for the privelege).  Part of the reason for this was that drugs were causing the population to space out.
Is the alleged energy crisis enough reason to find another way around the constitution again? (Never mind for a moment the fact that electricity can be produced using wind and sun without any fossil fuels)

The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution states:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Could someone please show me in the Constitution where, perhaps, candle tallow was outlawed because whale oil or kerosene was more efficient?

And even if the efficiency (not the safety, but the efficiency) of our home lighting was in question, could someone please tell me how the Federal government has authority over it?

Don’t the jokers in Congress who swear to uphold the Constitution ever have to read the Tenth Amendment?

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

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