Right To Repair

YOU BOUGHT IT. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIX IT.

From computer repair shops in Fairfax to family farms in Madison County, corporations are telling Americans what they can and can't do with the things they own.

Corporations are telling Americans what they can and can't do with the things they own. Farmers in the Madison County can't fix their own tractors during harvest. One breakdown means weeks waiting on a dealer while crops rot. Local computer repair shops in Fairfax get locked out of the parts and manuals they need. Hospitals pay inflated prices to fix medical devices because manufacturers refuse to share repair information. It's happening everywhere, and it's costing families, small businesses, and communities billions of dollars a year.

Joe Schiarizzi is calling for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing every American's Right to Repair, because laws get watered down and loopholes get carved out, but a constitutional right endures. The amendment would establish that you actually own what you buy, that repair information and parts must be available to owners and independent shops at fair prices, and that no manufacturer can void your warranty for choosing to fix your own stuff.

Right to Repair is not a left or right issue. It is a fairness issue, a climate issue, and a local jobs issue. Every product repaired instead of replaced is carbon not emitted, waste not landfilled, and money that stays in your community instead of flowing to corporate shareholders overseas.