Senate President David Williams threw a major league curveball at House Speaker Greg Stumbo and Gov. Steve Beshear by proposing a statewide smoking ban to get people to stop smoking.
The look on Beshear's face was priceless. I will post it as soon as it becomes available.
The shock and stumbling exhibited by Beshear and Stumbo makes clear that as far as promoting healthy lifestyles goes, they'd really rather just have the money.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Head fake heard round the Bluegrass
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Finally, Williams lays out the ultimate argument. As much as his arrogance and power-lust tend to cloud his vision, every Kentuckian should appreciate his leadership now. I'm glad he has finally called their hand on the tobacco issue.
I must say: WHAT?! Is Sen. Williams serious or is this just pure political theater? I appreciate political theater (it's a brilliant way to call out the Governor's alleged concern for public health through the cig tax), but is he willing to seriously advocate a statewide ban in order to play political brinksmanship games with the Governor? If we actually wound up with a statewide ban on smoking because of this, it would be a sad day for liberty and individual property rights.
This is my beef with mainline Republicans. They aren't willing to tax a behavior, but they'll try to ban a behavior outright in a heartbeat.
It's just theater.
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