The question is always, where do those third parties get the money to do their research?

If you are against the government funding them, where do you suggest they get their money?

A company like Consumer Reports was funded by subscriptions to their reports, but they don't make enough from that anymore to test enough products.

Another issue is the sheer number of companies producing products these days. It would be very expensive to test all the products sold.

> The question is always, where do those third parties get the money to do their research?

in the 80s they were selling magazines.