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 law. This
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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