Stupid DFL Tricks, Part IV

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16. ALLOW 16-YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE IN ALL STATE AND LOCAL RACES: Rep. Phyllis Kahn (D-Minneapolis) then decided to expand her earlier efforts and amend the constitution to allow 16-year-olds to vote in all state and local elections. (House File 630).

17. THESE TAXES COULD DRIVE YOU TO DRINK: Rep. Michael Paymar (D-St. Paul) wants to increase excise taxes by up to more than eight times current tax rates for most alcoholic beverages. (House File 1050)

18. MOVING CONVICTED PERVERTS TO THE SUBURBS OR SMALL TOWNS: Rep. John Lesch (D-St. Paul) wants to draw stay-away zones in such a way that large concentrations of convicted Level II and Level III sex offenders in Minneapolis and St. Paul will have to move to the suburbs. (House File 476)

19. MOVING SLUMS TO THE SUBURBS AND SMALL TOWNS: “For the purpose of promoting economic diversity throughout Minnesota and to alleviate the concentration of low-income households in high poverty areas,” Rep. John Lesch (D-St. Paul) would create a tax incentive to move more low-income housing to the suburbs and rural communities. (House File 777)

20. SEAT BELTS IN ALL SHOPPING CARTS: Rep. Mike Jaros (D-Duluth) has proposed a requirement that every shopping cart in Minnesota must be equipped with “a strap, device, or piece of equipment designed, using reasonable engineering standards, to prevent a child from falling out of a shipping cart. This meaningful bill does not include penalties for failure to provide helmets and fire-proof suits for riders. (House File 620).