Garage sales targeted in new government crack down

  With every thing that the federal government could be worried about cracking down on; illegal immigration, terrorism, heroin being sold to our children to fund our enemy in the war in Afghanistan, what are the feds concerned about? Garage sales. Yep, those evil people trying to make a couple of dollars selling their no longer used items.

If you’re planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you’d best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law. As part of a campaign called Resale Roundup, the federal government is cracking down on the secondhand sales of dangerous and defective products.

  The government has seemingly found a new enemy that must be thwarted and it is average Americans who may be selling “dangerous and defective products.” While illegal immigrants, some of whom could possibly be dangerous, are allowed to flow unchecked into America the government is more concerned about what products law abiding citizens may be selling at yard and garage sales and Christmas holiday bazaars.

  It would seem to me that the feds just don’t have their priorities in order. Who are some other offenders that could possibly be targets under Operation Resale Roundup? Nefarious and insidious organizations like Goodwill and the Salvation Army could be in the fed’s sights. People who sell items on eBay and Craiglist could also be targeted. It makes you wonder if the resale of  “dangerous and defective products” will be enough of an emergency to authorize the president to shut down the internet if the bill sponsored by Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe ever gains passage.

  Even as I write this federal agencies are holding training seminars to route out the evil thrift shops and people selling second hand merchandise. Internet surveillance teams are scouring eBay and Craigslist to find new federal criminals. One mother who was selling her daughter’s old dolls has been notified that she may be in violation of federal law.

Nancy Lothrop, a mother of two in Monroe, Wash., was surprised to learn that she might be violating the law by selling about $200 worth of Polly Pocket dolls and accessories on Craigslist that her 12-year-old daughter no longer wants

  In the interest of fairness it must be stated that the law currently being enforced was signed into law by President Bush as one of his last acts as president after the uproar from the lead paint found in many toys made in China. President Obama seems to be taking this law to the next level as he is appropriating an additional funding of over 11% to this agency.

President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders are crafting an appropriations bill that would boost the agency’s funding next year by more than 11.4 percent – to $117 million – and it’s already hiring new inspectors and other employees in anticipation of the funding infusion.

  Once again we see the government take a law that might have initially have had good intentions to the extreme. Beware: if you plan on holding a yard sale you may be violating federal law. The government is expanding to unprecedented levels, and they may be watching you. Be careful what you sell because Big Brother is watching.

  While Americans are being killed in record numbers in the Afghanistan war and while terrorists may be sneaking over the border it seems that the federal government is much more interested in what used goods you are selling.

  Did anyone really think that it would ever come to this in America?