by Mike Gray

Rebekah Rast, blogging at Americans for Limited Government, notes a milestone in America’s history:

Thomas Edison would be disappointed to know that the last major plant manufacturing the incandescent light bulb in the U.S. is closing this month. His 1870’s invention has taken on a new name and shape.
The 200 workers at the plant in Winchester, Virginia, are soon to be unemployed because government regulations passed by Congress in 2007 cleared the way for a more energy-efficient light bulb — the florescent light.
Any hope for these Americans to find work at another light bulb manufacturing plant is dim. Manufacturing of florescent lights takes place in China, where they are produced more efficiently and cost-effectively.
“This is just another example of the federal government killing jobs to move forward with its environmental agenda,” says Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government (ALG).

Thanks to the confluence of outsourcing and dubious environmental concerns, you’ll soon be in greater danger from your light bulbs than ever before.

Read the rest here.