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Rick Perry Vetoes Bipartisan "Buy American" Bill
Perry vetoed the "Buy American" bill, HB 535, which would have established a preference for the purchase of Texas and American manufactured goods by the State of Texas when they are of equal cost and quality to foreign-produced products. It's common sense, and it's a great way to keep our tax revenue in Texas and in America.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas, and Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, passed the Senate 23-7 and the House, 145-0. That's some pretty broad support.
The law seems stupid to begin with. How do you legislate preference of purchase between american and foreign? What? You're going to tax people if they don't buy american when they can for the same price? It seems very anti-market and a very stupid bill.
It's legislating preference for when the state purchases something.
Ok, again, how do you legislate that? You send someone to buy pencils for the offices right? He goes out, buys foreign... when he could have bought american. What will you do? sack him? fine him? Fine the department he was working under? Because the first 2 are stupid and the last one just means you are transferring money through the bureaucracy.
It's a stupid law.
If the state officials want to purchase american products for the state, encourage them to do so. You cannot legislate it. It is impossible to enforce. Also, what if you don't know that there are goods that you are looking for in Texas, manufactured in the USA... only the foreign ones. And you buy them... and it's against the law... how will you enforce that? It's stupid.
What if there is a complex machinery, like a car. it may be assembled in the USA but maybe the engine is made in Taiwan and the steering wheel in China. Does it count as american?
Again. A very stupid law made by stupid people. I think Rick Perry showed some smarts when he vetoed it. Based on what I read so far.
It creates a preference, not a mandate. There's nothing to enforce. Maybe if you read the one-page bill that would be obvious.
Yet another corporate lackey shows his true colours - and they ain't Red, White & Blue
The Texas Senate and House are Republican-controlled.
Here's the history of the bill
Again, its stupid. You don't make laws for preferences. How do you legislate preferences?
There is no such thing. It seems obliviously stupid.
how is equal quality measured?
Rather vaguely.
The bill doesn't really DO anything. It just states there will be a preference, so theoretically people in charge of the purchase decisions will keep that in mind. Apparently it's already done this way, making the bill redundant.
Yet another corporate lackey shows his true colours - and they ain't Red, White & Blue
The Texas Senate and House are Republican-controlled.
Here's the history of the bill
Governments can have preferences, I don't see how this is so hard to comprehend. How else is a government to set its policies if not by legislation?
And in the meantime, what matters is what Texas wants, not what other states' opinions are.
I don't know about you, but I have never heard of a government legislation regarding preference. I was always under the impression that the law is the law and it doesn't legislate half-assed things unless you wanna have a really stupid code of laws.
The Buy American Act of 1933 requires the federal government to buy American–made iron, steel, and manufactured goods wherever possible. A product is defined as American–made under “Buy American” if at least 50 percent of its constituent parts and/or materials originated in the US.
Which part of Texas are you talking about? In this instance, the bill passed unanimously thru the Texas House and was vetoed by one person - So what does Texas want?
The law seems stupid to begin with. How do you legislate preference of purchase between american and foreign? What? You're going to tax people if they don't buy american when they can for the same price? It seems very anti-market and a very stupid bill.
I don't know about you, but I have never heard of a government legislation regarding preference. I was always under the impression that the law is the law and it doesn't legislate half-assed things unless you wanna have a really stupid code of laws.
I like chocolate more than vanilla. When offered a choice, I will choose chocolate over vanilla. I cannot explain why this is, it's just that my taste buds react more positively to chocolate.
A government body has no inherent preference like my taste buds do. Its preferences have to be created artificially via legislation or other legal means. So they do, because sometimes the government has to make a choice between two things much like I do when two bowls of ice cream sit in front of me.
Why don't you explain to me how you think the government should decide between two options.
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