Comments on: Breske Tells Big Government to “Butt Out”

By: Randy "Spider" Webb

Randy "Spider" Webb — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:24:49 +0000

I can’t help but to comment on this double sided blade these politicians are throwing at the general public. First they want to sue the Tobacco industry for putting toxic ingredients in cigarettes. Then they want to Ban all public smoking, now they turn around and pass laws that puts the same ingredient in tobacco that carpet glue has in it. DUH, Hello, we put people in jail for sniffing glue. The best part is, ask your state Reps just how much money the State makes from the sale of Tobacca products. The way I look at it, if you can’t smoke it in Public, then why is it being sold if it’s a banned product. If it’s then a BANNED product, the State doesn’t have the right to collect taxes on it. PERIOD! If the citizens cannot use in public what is sold openly in public, then it should be illegal for the state to gain from the sale of that product. By the way, in all these writings, have you or anybody else ever seen where a Politician has requested a pay cut for themselves to help Balance anything. Just a thought since they ask the people to do it every time a crunch hits. Just my thoughts though.

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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:43:35 +0000

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By: V

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:05:12 +0000

Despite Roger’s dubious votes on damn near everything else, I must give him some credit for his stance on this issue. Of course, Roger is a former tavern owner and former president of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, so I am not entirely convinced that this is a case of a rogue angel dem bucking the caucus for the greater good. BTW, the current TLW president happens to reside and own an establishment in Roger’s district, coincidentally the same restaurant/bar that was Roger’s choice for dinner and drinks last Thursday night.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:58:05 +0000

Finally a Wisconsin Democrat legislator willing to tell politicians to keep their noses out of the peoples business. The very idea of banning a legal substance in privately owned establishments is wrong. I question the constitutionality of smoking bans on private property. Furthermore if there is a market for smoke free bars private citizens will open smoke free bars. Our freedom loving founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves.
There is price to pay for taking away freedoms through regulation.
This month a Chief Executive magazine survey of (605) top corporate executives rated the business climates of our 50 states.
Texas was rated No. 1, California is No. 50. Wiscosnsin was No. 33 in 2006 but in this survey fell to No. 44.
And the “meat” of the suvey is this comment by Ed Kopko, CEO of Chief Executive magazine
“Overall, the message CEOs are sending is that over-taxed and over-regulated states are not conducive to the health of their businesses”.
If Wisconsin legislators want to help the citizens of this state (and the bar owners in Northern Wisconsin) get our business climate out of the bottom 10 (No. 44) and into the top 10.