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TexasTowelie

(116,780 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 11:28 PM Apr 2018

The 9 worst ideas of the 2018 Minnesota Legislature

The 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives have combined to introduce more than 1,700 bills.

Their 67 counterparts in the Senate have produced almost 1,600. Many proposals are duplicates, or recycled from years past, or authored strategically by a legislator working to appease a constituency — sometimes, even just one person, if he or she has the right sort of bank accounts.

Only a small percentage of these bills will be passed and signed into law. The vast majority of bills don’t go anywhere, and that’s just as well. Many are shockingly stupid.

Below, read through a list of nine of the very worst ideas elected representatives have come up with... since late February.

Read more: http://www.citypages.com/news/the-9-worst-ideas-of-the-2018-minnesota-legislature/480718431

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