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I Consumer Alert, an anti-regulation and pro-free-market organization. "They've gotten into our wallets," says Plummer. "Now they're into our bathrooms with low-flow toilets. And now they're telling us how to wash our clothes." The new machines turn the washtub on its side, spinning clothes in and out of a pool of water much smaller than what is used in toploading models. 

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# ••• So what's the catch? "It looks like it could cost anywhere between $200 to several hundred dollars more to buy these new washers, and that's just not a choice consumers should be forced into making," said Plummer. 

### ••• Well, critics say, if the new models are so good, whether you buy one should be left up to the free market, not government mandates . 

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