I have had the misfortune to associate with a fair number of people who are not happy unless they are unhappy. These people are full time subscribers to “the more you bitch the longer God lets you live” world view. They spend their entire lives in the desperate search for something wrong that they alone know how to fix. Usually they are just annoying and one learns to avoid them. But unfortunately some of them get elected to congress. The following article regarding a proposal by Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is a classic example of this personality trait:
During a time of record unemployment and a stagnant economy, Schumer wants the CPSC and the FDA to conduct an expensive review to see if people are getting sick because of defective grill brushes. I can see it now. Two federal agencies will waste a ton of money looking for a problem to solve. There is little chance that they won’t find some level of problem. Otherwise, what’s the point? If these agencies can’t find things to fix, how will they justify the cost to taxpayers? Then they will issue an urgent consumer advisory warning people about the possible dangers associated with grill brushes. New guidelines will be developed regarding manufacturing standards for grill brushes. Wouldn’t it be great if one of the two agencies could even support a recall? The world will be a safer place thanks to the brilliant intervention of our federal government.
I am sure that somewhere a plaintiff’s attorney is reading the above-mentioned article and is now dreaming of a class action lawsuit. He or she will start advertising in newspapers and on television for people who may have been injured as the result of a defective grill brush. The average award for consumers will be about $2 in the form of a discount you can use when buying a new grill brush, but the attorneys will make millions.
Next year, when you go to buy a new grill brush, you are going to discover that it is covered with warning stickers. It will probably include a written guide on how to determine if your grill brush is defective and will even include a telephone number for you to file a complaint. And by the way, the grill brush that sold for $5 last year is now $19.95. Several stores will have stopped selling them because of the risk. I can even imagine a government funded grill brush replacement program that pays people for bringing in worn out grill brushes, to be destroyed with no questions asked. Word has already reached California where Governor Brown is already considering a special tax on grill brushes to help fund further research.
Unfortunately, this is typical reasoning for a lot of liberal Democrats. There is no potential for reasoning with these people. It is impossible to do mental combat with unarmed opponents. Our only hope is to see more and more of them voted out of office.
This explains why Democrats are so desperate to stop voter ID laws. If we restrict voting to people who are actually capable of coherent thought, how on earth would Democrats ever get elected? Happy Grilling! And don’t forget to clean your grill while you can still afford a grill brush.
TDM
Well it would be nice if folks who post these comments knew what they were talking about rather than spouting off ideological politics. I am currently in a surgical ICU watching my wife try to recover from major abdominal surgery since one of these bristles, which the author suggests are not a problem, punctured her intestine and caused an abdominal abscess. They removed it with pictures. So I would suggest to others with a similar take in accussing individuals of being complainers, that I can send him a copy of the final hospital bill that will likely run in the tens of thousands of dollars to not be so protective of companies that market defective $15 grill brushes and don’t warn the public.
I am very sorry about your wife. But, there are a lot of things that can hurt us. The question is when it is necessary for the government to step in and start regulating.