Heckuva job, Nordie.

Why the hell does Nancy Nord still have a job?

Corporations seeking larger profits moved production to China, where labor and materials were cheaper. In turn, consumers were satisfied because they got cheaper goods.

But the arrangement is being tested like never before. Chinese factories operate in a closed environment of high competition and lax regulation. In that climate, quality control has suffered.

At this point, the public needs a strong watchdog to make sure products made abroad are up to U.S. standards. We don’t have that in the current Consumer Product Safety Commission.

It’s clear the agency lacks the resources to carry out its mission of protecting the public from unsafe products made in this country or elsewhere. It’s also clear that the agency’s top executive, Nancy Nord, has the wrong idea about the agency’s role in protecting the public.

The New York Times reported that the agency has just one full-time employee to test toys and 15 inspectors to police $614 billion in imports. Yet Nord is opposed to legislation that would dramatically increase the agency’s staff and budget. That is unacceptable.

Has there been a more incompetent administration in our history?