Nope, Bush only increased the efficiency standard for light bulbs. If you can make one that meets the standard, you can use it.
As I said, the tyrants banned the bulb that I prefer.
Don't follow you on what you mean by saving money should be your perogative? Are you personally for or against saving money?
Just in case you are actually serious, I will address this, but I really am struggling to believe that you actually don't understand this. Do you buy your clothes? If yes, do you buy your clothes from Goodwill Industries or a second-hand store? If not, why not? That would save you money. Do you own a car? If yes, why? It is much less expensive to ride a bicycle? If you don't ride a bicycle, why not? People purchase items they like, want, or need. Some people purchase store brand products because they want to save the dollars. Some people may like the brand names better. For example, any department store has they own brand of shirts and a purchaser may be just fine purchasing them. Another purchaser may desire that the shirts be Ralph Lauren's Polo brand shirts. Are all the people who purchase clothes from a clothing or dept store, own a car, purchase Lauren's Polo brand wrong and should have them banned because their purchaes are more expensive?
Well, the same is true for lightbulbs. Some prefer the older-type bulb over the new ones. I tried the new ones and they did not provide the light that I desired. Now, maybe they have improved them, but they were pieces of garbage. There was no quality to them. They were the store brand while the old bulbs were the name brands. By the way, just in case you are also not familiar with Ralph Lauren's brand, his shirts last forever. The store brands begin to become threadbare after a couple of years. Sometimes it is worth the expense to get quality over cheap. Sometimes, it can be more expensive and the reason you purchase it is simply because you like it.
Now, if you live your life differently, I have no problem with that. You should be free to ride a bicycle, purchase from a second-hand store and wear store brands. Que sera, sera! This is what freedom is about. Tyranny is denying others of something that you don't want others to have even if they disagree with you. The banning of the lightbulbs is tyrannical. The changes in the toilets of a decade or two ago is tyranny. The C.A.F.E. standards are tyrannical. The banning of certain foods is tyrannical. This used to be a free country. Today, it is far from a free country.
You consider Bush a liberal and a tyrant do you?
Bush was both a conservative and a liberal. If you think I must support him since I am a conservative, you are sadly mistaken. I think the only people vying for the White House worse than Bush in 2000 and 2004 were Gore and Kerry. A pox on all their houses and on yours for supporting tyranny.
FREEDOM!!!!