Posted on 08/20/2011 4:59:37 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
For a small-government conservative on the presidential campaign stump like Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a new federal regulation forcing farmers to get commercial drivers licenses would make a perfect example of Barack Obama’s Washington run amok.
But there is no such regulation.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration stepped in to clarify whether the states had the right to do what Illinois had done, and on May 31, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a public notice asking for comment on the commercial licensing of farm equipment.
Many in the farm community saw that notice as evidence that federal regulations were brewing, and the rumor went viral. That speeded up the process in Washington. Last Wednesday, the agency moved to put the issue to rest.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
No, there was no actual regulation. That's because the people stood up to stop it.
So is the nature of the republican establishment.
My point on this one: who freaking cares?
Even if this isn’t 100% on the money, when was the last time you saw Obama standing as a roadblock to unnecessary and burdensome regulation? Answer: Never. Unless it got his big corporate campaign contributors out of paying taxes.
I guess you can argue that Perry should be more cautious, but someone who is willing to charge forward and not worry about stepping on someone’s toes is kind of a nice change.
Very deceitful. The DOT was indeed considering licensing.
Feds back off commercial licenses for farmers idea
By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press – 3 days ago
Federal highway officials have decided that farmers who operate tractors, combines and semitrailers can keep driving on rural roads without the same kind of regulations that apply to long-haul truckers.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that it won’t require farmers to get commercial driver’s licenses after agriculture organizations and lawmakers from farm states flooded Washington with letters opposed to the idea.
It’s a victory for farmers who argued that requiring them to carry commercial licenses would cost them time and money.
Agriculture groups were alarmed this spring when the transportation department asked for thoughts on whether commercial truck safety regulations also should apply to farmers who drive their equipment on highways and rural roads within their own state.
Perry talks a lot. I’m still reading.
Referring to a regulation that doesn’t exist is not as bad as referring to 7 states that do not exist.
This is a perfect example of how terrified the establishment is, both Dem and Pub, of Perry!
Its attack on TEA Party during the debt limit fight is still fresh in my mind.
I’m not a Perry supporter, but that the Obama administration was even considering doing this (to the benefit of the Teamsters at the cost of all family farms) is appalling.
It’s a fine bit of counterproductive extremity for Perry to campaign against.
Beat me to it.
Repub gaffes/mistakes are headlines.
Obama gaffes/mistakes are hidden.
I guess we are all just going to have to vote for Johnny Goodboy Mittens. /s.
Perry in 2012.
“Very deceitful. The DOT was indeed considering licensing.”
Indeed.
From the linked article “We have no intention of instituting onerous regulations on the hardworking families who feed our country and fuel our economy,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, himself an Illinoisan and a Republican, said in the agency’s statement Aug. 10.”
AUGUST 10th!
(LOL, just realized there is no way to capitalize numbers!)
Of course they wanted to do this. The phones must have been ringing off the hook.
So, Perry might have to tweak his lingo a little bit, but let us not forget the struggle today is all about the desire of government (at all levels) to infest our lives and control us in every action, and inaction.
The fact that this little escapade has been stopped (for now) doesn’t undermine that point in the least.
He made the comment on Monday exactly because the fedgov had done nothing to dispel the notion that this was going to happen. In fact they had done the opposite by entertaining “comments”…..which mean they WERE thinking of doing it. The fact that the fedgov had to deny it two days after Perry said something about their plans makes me say “Thanks Rick Perry”.
So Obama can demagogue all he wants and make stuff up.
Where are the headlines that say, “Republicans aren’t really sipping slurpies; Obama is wrong”
Perry was stumping and making fun of the ridiculous regulations.
I think I’ll give Perry a pass on this one. He well may have misunderstood the law as it currently stands, but the Fed’s have a history of passing stupid legislation. Perhaps calling attention to it this way is a good thing. If you give him the benefit of the doubt, you could read his words and say that he sees such rules coming down the road.
When did the WSJ start allowing interns to write? Any journalist with a scintilla of analytical skills would know a proposal by a gubmint agency is a mere prelude to implementation.
I don’t put anything past politicians and bureaucrats. I never understood having to pay tax year after year on farm equipment (tractors, plows, bush hogs, etc). This stuff was bought (sales taxes paid) and not taken on public roads.
Government can be a bunch of mobsters.
KEEP AN EYE ON THIS DIRT BAG JOHNATHAN WISEMAN
AND BE READY TO DISECT ANY REPORT THIS GUY MAKES
“Very deceitful. The DOT was indeed considering licensing.” You betcha ...And Wiseman should be taken to the woodshed for his presentation.
Fact is on one of his “campaign” (which we paid for) stops Mr Zero got an earfull. That was duly brought out by Orin Samuelson in a weekly On The Farm radio show when he interviewed one of Mr Zero’s farmer hosts.
TIME TO START CALLING THESE “AUTHORS” OUT BY NAME ALONG WITH THEIR VENUES...
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