Bachmann to Democrats: Don't tell Americans what light bulbs to buy

CBS ^ | 3/2/11 | Brian Montopoli

[pissant]

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann on Tuesday reintroduced the "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act," a bill to repeal a 2007 law mandating that incandescent light bulbs be phased out.

"The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy," she said in a news release Wednesday. "In 2007, Congress overstepped its bounds by mandating that only 'energy efficient' light bulbs may be sold after January 1, 2012. This mandate has sweeping effects on American families and businesses and needs serious consideration before taking effect."

Bachmann says the mandate should only stay in place is (1) there is proof that alternate bulbs save consumers money, (2) there is proof that alternate bulbs significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and (3) that it's shown that alternate bulbs "would not lead to a health risk for consumers, particularly those in hospitals, schools, day care centers and nursing homes."

The bill isn't the first "nanny state" critique to come from Bachmann, who said with regard to the IRS making breast pumps eligible for tax breaks: "To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump - you want to talk about nanny state, I think we just got a new definition."

[Huck]

Bachmann says the mandate should only stay in place is (1) there is proof that alternate bulbs save consumers money, (2) there is proof that alternate bulbs significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and (3) that it's shown that alternate bulbs "would not lead to a health risk for consumers, particularly those in hospitals, schools, day care centers and nursing homes."

FAIL

[lonestar]

GW Bush never had an unkind word to say about demoRATs or muzzlims or illegals, but he sure loved to publicly criticize & villify conservatives

Give examples; I missed that. You preferred Kerry?

Some people around here are worse than Obama for blaming Bush for all the world's ills.

[Just A Nobody]

Some people around here are worse than Obama for blaming Bush for all the world's ills.

It seems every headline I click to read there is always one that insinuate themselves on the thread to excoriate President Bush. Might as well go read the news on DU, there is less BDS over there these days.

[ridesthemiles]

Speaking of ovens:

How about the light bulb that is over my stove?

If one of the CFL bulbs break & scatter mercury all over my stove— do I need a hazmat cleanup & a replacement for my whole stove????

This whole thing is just plain nuts.

[ridesthemiles]

I love your list!!

You are correct on all counts.

For those of us who live on septic tanks, we flush twice automatically.

[MrB]

Though no curly fry bulbs could meet those criteria,

she should have stuck to the point -

the federal gov’t has no authority to tell us what light bulbs to buy. Period.

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, that, too!

I keep thinking of more, like the End All Subsidies for Bogus Sources of Energy Act, and the Repeal Regulations That Make Things More Expensive for No Blasted Reason Act.

I’m sure we Freepers could generate a magnificent list to present to the nut-jobs at the EPA.

“Address our grievances, you tyrants!” ;-)

[ncpatriot]

Amen to that.
Let’s do it!

[Sun]

Jim DeMint, with another senator, also has a bill to allow us to choose our own lightbulbs.