Posted on 08/25/2012 12:41:46 PM PDT by IbJensen
Question: What kind of government drives its own citizens to poverty on purpose?
Answer: A depraved government, devoid of reason.
A government run by Obama and the democrat party of Eco-terrorists and tyrants are more like the USSR than the USA.
Dissolve the EPA.
Forget lawyers. The EPA should be the first ones against the wall when the Revolution comes.
What is Required?
Before ratification of a contract for housing sale or lease, sellers and landlords must:
•Give an EPA-approved information pamphlet on identifying and controlling lead-based paint hazards (”Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home” pamphlet, currently available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic and Somali).
•Disclose any known information concerning lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards. The seller or landlord must also disclose information such as the location of the lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards, and the condition of the painted surfaces.
•Provide any records and reports on lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards which are available to the seller or landlord (for multi-unit buildings, this requirement includes records and reports concerning common areas and other units, when such information was obtained as a result of a building-wide evaluation).
•Include an attachment to the contract or lease (or language inserted in the lease itself) which includes a Lead Warning Statement and confirms that the seller or landlord has complied with all notification requirements. This attachment is to be provided in the same language used in the rest of the contract. Sellers or landlords, and agents, as well as homebuyers or tenants, must sign and date the attachment.
•Sellers must provide homebuyers a 10-day period to conduct a paint inspection or risk assessment for lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards. Parties may mutually agree, in writing, to lengthen or shorten the time period for inspection. Homebuyers may waive this inspection opportunity.
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/healthy_homes/enforcement/disclosure
EPA does only what the Congress commands it to do. The Congress commanded this extortion, and EPA merely must do it. Indeed, given excessive and exorbitant Congressional spending and the perpetual threat of overriding the debt ceiling, EPA has a fiduciary duty to big government to maximize revenues to preserve the fading vestigial aura of national solvency.
Direct thy ire at the Congress! If Congress only repealed (or never passed) this punitive legislation, then EPA would not and could not exact such extortion.
Of note: I have lived in pre-1978 housing my entire life but never received the worthless brochure that Congress mandates with severe penalties.
God has reserved a special place for those who work for the EPA.
How can the government compel certain speech?
One could make the argument that it is illegal to defraud you tenants by failing to disclose a known hazard, such as lead paint. But how does one go from a duty do disclose to a requirement that an citizen must provide a certain pamphlet at a certain time? Shouldn’t he have the right to disclose the hazard in any manner he sees fit, and if he fails to do so adequately be subject to a tort?
And if the landlord hands over the pamphlet and says, “I have to give these pamphlets to everybody, but don’t worry about it, because all of our paint is safe”, has he met the requirements?
And what if a building was built prior to 1978, but it does not contain any lead paint? What is the point of handing out a pamphlet in that case? Back in the early 70s, people knew the hazards of lead-based paint, and many builders were careful not to use them. But these buildings get tarred with the broad brush simply because of the year they were built?
I have three words for these events:
Smith and Wesson.
Does ANYONE know anyone who has suffered from lead paint? I’ve been around it most of my life and cannot find anyone who has been sickened by it, including the steel plant workers that sprayed red lead on many of their products for marine use.
“I have three words for these events:
Smith and Wesson.”
Just make sure that the ammo is lead free and frangible...
BFL
Congress can stop this fascist tyranny anytime but refuses to do so. The Nazis at EPA committed sedition in the Rapanos v US incident. Congress wouldn’t even hold hearings.
There’s a mile long trail of documents and illegal actions proving the EPA’s treason.
What on earth does renting a house to someone have to do with interstate commerce? The feds have no business getting involved in this.
depleted uranium
If you think the regulatory alphabet soup agencies are under the control of Congress I have a lead free bridge you can buy....
If only there had been a candidate who wanted to eliminate the EPA. Oh well, I’m sure Romney will rein in the abuses.
“depleted uranium”
The ultimate green round...
The Chicago mob is desperate for cash, so these extortionists will hit any business that hasn’t filed for bankruptcy under their disastrous leadership. You gotta pay protection or they’ll sic the IRS on you.
around it most of my life ....
Same here...perhaps because our parents never let us eat paint chips!
It's all included in the constitutional "penumbra" if you strain hard enough. /s
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