Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Politics Who's for Drug-Testing Corporate Executives?
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Corporate executives taking great wads of state government handouts? Er, Ramsey will need to look into that one.
"[Y]ou're right," Ramsey told reporters last week when asked whether he should favor drug-testing of business executives who take state grants. But then he immediately started backpedaling.
"If they're getting state money, federal money—oh I shouldn't—I don't know how you define who the executives are."
What makes this all the more smelly is that Republicans are about to start giving these executives our tax money pretty much for whatever they feel like doing with it. It's part of the governor's agenda for this session. If you need to buy equipment or renovate your headquarters, just apply for a little state cash. And when you do, no worries. The government will keep your secrets, not telling the public even so much as who owns your business.
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