Rep. Tom Massey is his last year in the Colorado House before term limits force him out. His final list of bills has enough big government programs on it to make a Democrat blush.
I've already ripped his attempt to let the American Heart Association leach off school budgets. He's also trying to add to the nanny state by banning trans-fats from school menus. The real fun, of course, is the movie industry welfare act.
That's not what he calls it, of course, but that's exactly what it is. He wants to take money from Coloradans and give it to movie companies. He's trying to pass it off as a "jobs bill" just like every other corporate subsidy. That's not the point, though.
Just like subsidies for oil and solar companies, this is just another form of corporate welfare and crony capitalism. It's a way of funneling your money into the pockets of businesses that he likes. In Rep. Massey's case, it's the American Heart Association and the movie industry. For others it's solar, natural gas, oil, banks or who knows what all. I don't especially care how many jobs it creates, this behavior leads to the corruption the Tea Parties and Occupiers have been fighting against.
It's fortunate that this is Rep. Massey's last year in the House. We can only hope that voters are smart enough to keep big governments types like him out of office.
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