Opinion: What the Britax stroller saga tells us about Trump’s approach to regulation
A BOB stroller. By Helaine Olen Helaine Olen Opinion writer focusing on politics, economics and American life Bio Follow Opinion writer April 4 at 2:33 PM That President Trump favors the interests of big business over regular people is no secret. He has done away with regulations meant to protect Americans at a wholesale clip. The Obama-era fiduciary standard, designed to protect retirement savers from the financial services industry? Gone. Net neutrality? Poof.
Trump appointees now dominate the agency’s ruling commission. It is headed up by acting commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, best known for voting against a $15.45 million fine for a company whose humidifiers demonstrated a disturbing tendency to catch on fire, resulting in close to $20 million in property damage.
You have to wonder what executives at Britax were thinking. Senators asking questions about their dealings with a Trump administration appointee is just about the last form of brand awareness they need. The global baby products market is a multibillion-dollar annual business. And strollers have an oversize role in modern parenting culture. Over the past generation, they have gone from a simple necessity to an expression of mom and dad’s personality.
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