A Michigan House lawmaker hopes to curb online sales of Secretary of State appointment slots, a practice that has cropped up amid a crush of demand at branch offices.
The bill … would prohibit a third party from selling Secretary of State branch appointments. …
“People can only book appointments for themselves and we cancel ones where it’s apparent someone may be attempting to do that,” said Tracy Wimmer, a spokeswoman for Benson’s office. She noted that exceptions are made for individuals helping family members to make an appointment.
The proposal would allow Michigan’s attorney general to take action against websites or platforms that allow individuals to sell appointments by booking a block of appointments and then transferring it someone else’s name upon sale,
James Nellis, who forwarded this article, astutely summarized it, too:
Government creates a problem, wily entrepreneurs attempt to profit off it and the government then creates legislation to “correct” the problem they caused. The Circle of Life.
Or death, since we’re speaking of the State.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ranjeev Puri, a Democrat (gee, there’s a surprise) and sponsor of the bill, snorted, “We just didn’t think it was right to profit off of other people’s hardship…”
Don’t you love the self-righteousness dripping off that statement? This from an employee of Leviathan, the beast that taxes dead folks, funeral homes, caskets, divorces, drugs to cure illness, the sweat of our brow, and all other accoutrements of “hardship.” To say nothing of its profit-driven enforcement of laws and its lucrative “justice” system.
If there are bigger hypocrites than politicians and bureaucrats, Lord spare us from ever meeting them.
1:39 pm on June 29, 2021 Email Becky Akers
