INEXPLICABLE: Why Would Consumers Object to a Policy That Forces Them to Buy Expensive Products They Do Not Want? “Meanwhile, Politico notes that light bulb manufacturers ‘spent big bucks preparing for the standards,’ which they need to guarantee a market for high-margin products consumers otherwise would reject, and are ‘fuming over the GOP bid to undercut them.’ Aren’t Republicans supposed to be pro-business? Sometimes they are actually pro-market instead, and this is one of those cases.”

Hey, if you’re a pessimist, there’s still time to stock up.