Will the Nanny State Never Cease - and this from a Republican!

[James Lefler]

Isn't the current system of building permits, architect licensure, building codes, electrical inspection, plumbing inspection, construction inspection, Township zoning, Zoning Board of Appeals ad nauseum enough?

This will just raise the cost of construction and the cost of hiring construction workers. It will also increase State spending; we'll need a Construction Board of Licensing, License Inspectors, and Board staff, all State (read taxpayer) funded...

From Michigan Votes:

Dear Citizen,

Please note that the following legislative actions have been taken.

Senate Bill 213 (Mandate carpenter licensure )
Introduced by Sen. Randy Richardville (R) on February 11, 2009, to prohibit a person from earning money as a carpenter on a commercial structure or as a carpentry contractor unless he or she is granted a state license. The bill would impose testing, training, license and testing fees, and apprenticeship standards. To qualify for a license a carpenter would need to have at least 6,000 hours of experience over at least four years under the direct supervision of a licensed carpenter contractor.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=81392

J

[Diane Konneck]

This dodo needs to go! I read about that proposal to elect by popular vote Scott, what a ludicrous idea! Only people in LosAngeles, NY, Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta would need to vote for president all the rest of us wouldn't matter much. Kiss the idea goodbye that we would EVER in a million years have a Republican President again.

[Wally Berndt]

If an association of professionals would like to do a service for their industry then all the best to them. Do not however put a government anything on this because the government is Carcinogenic in nature. How far reaching will this grow through bureaucratic evolution? How high will this explode costs? The medical field lost control of the cost of every minute detail through government. Now the obama types have the answer. YES more government. I'd rather be ripped off than to have the government protect me.

[Troy Rhodes]

Having traveled overseas a fair amount, this is starting to look and feel familiar. The next step is graft and corruption to cut through the red tape nightmare of bloated government. This leads to (and we are already in) a quagmire economy that slowly shrinks forever.

How do you like living in a third world country so far?

We need to fire people, like now.

Please carry on.

troy

[James Lefler]

Pearce's bill is, I believe, the National Right to Vote act, and is supported by Saul Anuzis.

[Gene Clem]

We have a lot of work before we get all the liberals out of the GOP.

[Scott Arnett]

Even more disgusting legislation proposed by Republican Tom Pearce from the 73rd district.

2010 House Bill 6536 (Elect U.S. presidents by a national popular vote )

http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=121085