Junky Chinese Products

Letter to Senator Nelson (FL)

Subject: Thanks for going to bat against junky Chinese products


Dear Senator Nelson,

Thanks so much for going to bat for us regarding junky Chinese products. I really appreciate you standing up for us and our children.

If we really care about this issue, we will hold the FTC's and FDA's feet to the fire because they did not do their jobs in protecting Americans from these dangerous products. Of course Mattel of the free market is going to seek short-term gain over the welfare of the people. That's why we have government agencies.

But if these agencies (FTC, FDA, etc.) don't do what they are supposed to, it is Congress' job to hold those agencies accountable and even pass legislation to strengthen protections. However, there are interesting incentives that can be passed as law in this area of consumer protection.

We could reward American companies for using American vendors/suppliers. We could reward American companies for Fair Trade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade) practices. We could reward compaines that are SweatFree (http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/sweatfree/). We could reward American companies that show their own products are safe.