burn books? nah, just mandate that they're thrown away

From Gary North at LewRockwell.com...

The kiddie police have begun to march across America, threatening thrift stores...On February 10, workers in America's thrift stores tossed out every children's book that was printed prior to 1985. That is the law. A parent is not allowed to go into a thrift store and buy a book printed before 1985. Those books are now gone...

Congress has spoken. Well, not quite. The bureaucrats who use Congress as their hand puppet, agency by agency, have spoken....They invent a presumed threat and then terrorize Congress into passing a 500-page bill that no Congressman has read. Then the bureaucrats add more regulations in the name of this 500-page law....

Here is the new reality, one week old. If you can still find any pre-1985 books, it is because the thrift store's managers don't know they are breaking the law and could be fined or sent to prison if they persist.

Congress passed the enabling legislation law last year: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. It has 239 sections. I don't expect you to read it – after all, no Congressman or Senator did – but click the link...