Sunday, January 19, 2014

Pennington vs. Deal

David Pennington, Mayor of Dalton GA is running for Governor of Georgia against Gov. Nathan Deal.  The article below from electtherightcandidate.us allows us to see their differences.

Governor Deal signed these into law in 2013

SB 81:  On May 6, 2013 Governor Deal signed this bill into law.  This bill destroys property rights.  This bill says that you cannot build your house if a Ginseng plant is on the site.  It says a farmer who harvests Ginseng must replant Ginseng rather than another crop.

Mayor Pennington said he would have vetoed this bill.  Ginseng is wonderful plant that should be protected on government lands.  He believes this law is counterproductive because it would cause some property owners to secretly remove Ginseng plants on their land to protect their property values.

SB 24:  On Feb. 13th, Governor Deal signed this bill into law.  This is a hospital bed tax that was required for Georgia to obtain federal funding for Medicaid.

Mayor Pennington said he would have vetoed this bill.   He said these federal monies come with strings attached, which allow federal control and often increase costs more than are gained by the federal monies.  On a speech at a Carroll County public meeting he said, the hospital bed tax was originally passed by the Perdue administration as a temporary measure, but Deal got it renewed this year and sent it to an unelected board, which has the power to increase it.  “This is clearly unconstitutional,” he said. “Any tax law has to start in the House and this one was started in the Senate.”

SB 97:  On April 17, 2013, Governor Deal signed this bill into lawThis creates a Georgia beef commission.

Mayor Pennington says that this increases the size of government and like most government programs will expand in the future and likely be used as an instrument of control.  All of the duties of this commission can be done voluntarily through the free market.

HB 208:  On May 6, 2013 Governor Deal signed this bill that forced nursing homes to offer flu vaccines.

David Pennington says he would have vetoed this bill.  It may be a good idea for nursing homes to offer flu vaccines but it is not the role of government to force this upon the private sector.  It stifles innovation.  Perhaps in the future a medication could do a better job with less complications.

SB 212 & HB 354:  Governor Deal signed these bills that forced state control of local school systems.

David Pennington says he would have vetoed this bill. He believes that these may be good ideas but local school boards should make the decisions.

HB 318:  On April 29, 2013, voted to have taxpayers pay to help fledgling private companies.

David Pennington says he would have vetoed this bill.  He said government ownership of private companies is socialism.  This bill is nothing more than crony capitalism at taxpayer expense.  Governments are notoriously bad at picking winners.

Source:http://www.electtherightcandidate.us/Candidate/David_Pennington.html

Comments:
Most of these bills were brought forward to accommodate other federal or state governmental entities. The bed tax was a cost shift from patients to the state Medicaid account. The incentive was federal matching bribe money.

Deal defenders will claim that this kind of legislation is necessary to function in our current governing environment (pre 2016), but if Republicans take the Senate in 2014 and the Whitehouse in 2016, Deal may start acting more like Pennington.

Pennington and others are questioning how long this can go on. Many other States have pushed back on federal government imposed abuse. They survived and set an example Deal won’t follow.  Bad Deal.
2012 was the year of the special interests, the ad valorem tax for vehicle purchases can no longer be incorporated into the bill at the auto dealers. You get caught at the Tag office, even if you bought it directly from an owner. Tax increase.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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