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Proposed road rules for farmers anger some
Billings Gazette ^ | July 25, 2011 | Tom Lutey

Posted on 08/03/2011 9:16:10 AM PDT by bkopto

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More of the regulatory hell being pushed on us by the political appointees at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. You will be astonished to see how this SINGLE, small-time federal regulatory outfit is organized.

The Federal government, and the courts who have foisted tortured interpretations of the Commerce Clause upon us, are broken beyond belief. And these idiots who are strangling all of us are funded by OUR tax dollars. We taxpayers are underwriting our own destruction.

1 posted on 08/03/2011 9:16:15 AM PDT by bkopto
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This agency should be eliminated, right after the BATFE and Dept. of (re)Education.


2 posted on 08/03/2011 9:20:12 AM PDT by Paladin2
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3 posted on 08/03/2011 9:23:31 AM PDT by listenhillary (2007 deficit 160 Billion, 2008 - 458 billion, 2009 -1.4 Trillion, 2010 - 1.6 Trillion)
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So let’s make it harder for the people whom grow your food to do their jobs?


4 posted on 08/03/2011 9:25:08 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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“Growing the economy” by making businesses jump through regulatory hoops.


6 posted on 08/03/2011 9:26:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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Example number 3,980,723 of what can be cut in government. Just outrageous garbage.
7 posted on 08/03/2011 9:27:21 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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So the farmer whose property is cut in half by a public road with fields on one side and grain storage on the other would technically be in violation if the grain trailer is hauled from the field to the silo?

Mental illness permeates government these days.


8 posted on 08/03/2011 9:31:18 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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I drove grain from the field to the elevator in town by truck and tractor when i was 12-13 years old. Do what you have to do to survive..


9 posted on 08/03/2011 9:35:47 AM PDT by IamConservative (Do peeps that drive Smart Cars on freeways have a death wish? If not, they better have spare undies.)
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To hell with the lawyers. “First, we kill all the bureaucrats...”.


10 posted on 08/03/2011 9:38:45 AM PDT by old3030 (I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look.)
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It is time to start ignoring the fed’s. T


11 posted on 08/03/2011 9:42:03 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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The Feds must think it’s called the Kill Commerce Clause.


12 posted on 08/03/2011 9:49:00 AM PDT by TigersEye (No dark sarcasm in the press room ... Hey!, Barry!, leave them bills alone.)
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Let them regulate it, then let them enforce it too. When the feds start stopping farmers here in Indiana then the brown stuff is going to hit the fan big time.

Hell, I drive my tractor to work all the time when I need to work on it here, are they going to demand I get this license also, when I don’t farm? Screw them, this is enough to start shooting over.


13 posted on 08/03/2011 9:49:46 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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So the farmer whose property is cut in half by a public road with fields on one side and grain storage on the other would technically be in violation if the grain trailer is hauled from the field to the silo?

We had a state road that went through the farm back home. They wanted us to register, insure, have all rolling equipment inspected and have plates issued for anything on the farm that had wheels.

I might consider it if and only if they require the same for bicycles

14 posted on 08/03/2011 9:52:35 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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I grew up on a farm. Many summers were spent on the tractor, taking a couple wagon-loads of grain to the local Elevator; while Dad was on the combine filling another couple wagons for me to pick up and haul, on my return trip.

Now, the laws back then allowed children as young as 14 to drive a tractor on the road to town.

This law will hamstring the farmers - as it will prevent their children from contributing to the success of the farming operation. If the farmer has to HIRE someone to drive his grain to market, instead of relying upon his kids - this will drive even more farmers under.


15 posted on 08/03/2011 9:55:49 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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I was driving grain trucks and machinery the week after I got my driver’s license. Most summer farm labor is under 21 and part of that is driving and moving equipment. Most states require age 21 to get a CDL.

This is stupid.


16 posted on 08/03/2011 9:59:07 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To the farmers who voted for 0bama and other Democrats:

Chickens, coming hom to roost . . . baby.

17 posted on 08/03/2011 9:59:17 AM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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More of the regulatory hell being pushed on us by the political appointees at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

I'm ambivalet on this. I hate to see more regulation, but I've also seen farmers here in GA drive farm machinery on the roads like they were total morons. Pay absolutely no attention to stop signs, and then go 30 mph below the speed limit down the middle of the road once they get in front of you. Hold up a string of 25 or 30 vehicles while going 10 mph and failing to pull over periodically to let them pass (as is required by state la here in GA).

18 posted on 08/03/2011 10:01:56 AM PDT by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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This is all part of the plan.


19 posted on 08/03/2011 10:09:59 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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Treated as a product destined to cross state lines, grain becomes federally regulated under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Unmitigated BULL$HIT!

20 posted on 08/03/2011 10:10:08 AM PDT by ForGod'sSake (You have only two choices: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!!!)
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