July 3rd, 2010 9:30 pm
A Humorous – Yet Startling – Brush With Bureaucracy
Near the end of Deroy Murdock’s column discussing the insanity of the federal government’s upcoming incandescent light bulb ban in favor of a mercury-laden replacement comes the iconic gem above.
It’s a detailed “how-to” label design provided ever so helpfully by the Federal Trade Commission to guide bulb packagers. I don’t know whether to be relieved that the bureaucracy is trying to be this helpful in its mandates or crestfallen that taxpayer money is going to finance this kind of project.