The Final Blow to Handmade!

[#1]

I do believe these congress / government people absolutely DO NOT care how many people are put out of business or loose their jobs. Soon there will be nothing produced in the USA???

First the CPSIA NOW this.

Design Piracy Prohibition Act
Read article here http://bit.ly/1186IQ

[Former_Member]

Marking for later

[FayeMaloneDesigns]

to clarify the sponsers of the bill are:

Democrats: Delahunt, Nadler, Jackson Lee, Wasserman Shultz, Maffei, Weiner, Rangel, Wexler. Waters. Cohen. Maloney. Miller of Ca. Delauro.

Republicans: Goodlatte, Bono Mack, Coble, Sensenbrenner

[Former_Member]

marking.

[Former_Member]

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[Former_Member]

Hold on guys this will probably be long hard ride!

[Former_Member]

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[Former_Member]

If any one needs Duncan Hunter's email, let me know. His office is very good about emailing his stance on bills that are passing. I haven't seen anything on this, so I sent on my concerns.

What is every one saying to your congressperson?

[Former_Member]

I don't make clothing, but I stil signed your clothing petition. Power to the little people!

[WildcatLeatherCo]

melimelon says:
Your government is definately mad, I don't understand it, there's a big global economic crisis, or that's what they told us, but want to let thousands people without a job? Sometimes I feel happy to live in Spain, this kind of banana republic country :D
---------------------------------------------------------- Yes, our government is totally mad and has been or many yrs... and the majority of Americans, have had their heads in the sand for too long.. Common sense is sadly lacking in this country.

[WildcatLeatherCo]

MyGlo says:
I don't make clothing, but I stil signed your clothing petition. Power to the little people
----------------------------------------------------------- First clothing then everything else we all make.

[TrueCrimeberry]

I'm not in the US but I've signed. hope it still counts

[Former_Member]

Oh say can you see at the dawn's early light, that the plutocrats' aim is to crush all our rights.

They're winning.

[TheOzarksHerbalist]

This should stay on top

[Former_Member]

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[Former_Member]

Domestic, only in theory. Those with the most money for lawyers will have what they want and us little people will have nothing.

[Former_Member]

On spot, MissEmsDolls, definitely on spot.

[Former_Member]

This makes me so mad I just finished high school last year and I'm trying to start a business doing something I love and Government is telling me I can't!!!!!! Excuse my childishness when I say this, YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER!!
The government has no right to tell me what I can make and what I can't. I guess I better stop before I get this thread closed.

[Former_Member]

True, but I don't trust designers for two seconds, if they want something and have the money to do it they will no matter what. If the government and big name clothing designers and store fell they need this regulation fine. Just stop kicking the little people in the process. I mean seriously if I get more than 15 people a day in my shop I'm thrilled. How much damage can I do to a company that gets hundreds of orders a week. Same as the CPSIA, lead in toys from China was all over the news a couple of years ago and now us little people have to pay because people got scared.

[thecrochetloft]

twodoves, I agree with you

[Former_Member]

Signed petition and emailed reps.

[Former_Member]

It's worse than you think.

an 21st 2010: "WASHINGTON — Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled (5 to 4)that the government may NOT ban political spending by corporations...."

What does that mean? That means it's totally legal now for anyone with money to throw unlimited funds at any candidate or bill that suits them. All federal bans on spending are lifted under the bullshit guise of "first amendment rights"

This subject of big fashion companies shutting down any small business will likely be legalized because they can buy the votes and they have the lawyers to make it a reality. This is only one of many very bad things that are going to happen in the next few years. Our government just sold the future spending of every person in this country to the company with the highest bid.

[Former_Member]

I thought the petition was worth mentioning again:

http://www.petitiononline.com/hr2196/petition.html

[happywhosits]

Why would Congress pass it? Because most of them lawyers, and anything that causes more law suits looks good to them.

Eileen...

[Former_Member]

Thanks MillerCrochetShop. I signed. I am absolutely sick of this BS.

[studiostebbylee]

sign up, folks.