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May 05, 2008

Yankee Doodle dumb bill coming your way

Pre-filed bills for the 2009 Kentucky General Assembly will start popping up soon. In a state that would benefit tremendously by the implementation of a few free trade policies, we sure don't need to get bogged down by something like this:

"It was seeing foreign-made American flags at a veteran’s memorial ceremony that inspired a West Virginia legislator to act.

State Del. Jack Yost (D), a former Army reservist, recently proposed a bill that would require that all flags purchased with state funds be made in the U.S.A.. He’s not alone — lawmakers in nine other states also have moved to restrict sales of foreign-made flags."


This is exactly the same reasoning that has us bogged down paying a prevailing wage premium we can't afford.

Posted by David Adams at May 5, 2008 05:48 PM

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Uh oh. Don't let Freeourpows see this post! He might go nuts because American flags are being made in, gasp, Vietnam!

Posted by: Anonymous at May 7, 2008 12:09 AM

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