Michigan Votes Forum

I feel so sad for you that you are FORCED to go certain places to eat, visit or work. Too bad you do not live in the USA where we are free. Wait - I must be in a time warp - the current USA tells us what health insurance to buy, how fast to drive, to wear a helmet, no smoking on private property, no packed lunches for kid, and if you have kids you do

Yet one more "unintended" consequences of a bad law.

I love this legislation. My only question is how are people with bridge cards going to get the cash benifits off it? POS only?

So the law says that cash can not be withdrawn from an ATM - most of the people I see get cash from the credit card machine at the counter. Will this be prohibited?

I also agree that this must not be used to say that they government "increased the tax base" - I am sure that as Kildee gets revved up for his run for govenor he will be spouting this lie.

Good idea - I personally know of a person on parole that was handing out candy at a local firedepartment - due to the "boys club" mentality of the firedepartment the parol officer can not revoce his parol. Sad that people with small children were subjected to this guy and no one will do the right thing. So much for Firemen being heros and

Amen Ponies - I am so tired, as both a small business person and a member of the public, of Big Brother coming in and telling me what to do with my life. I am really so stupid I cannot take care of myself? With the current budget shortfall, increasing unemployment and general lack of well being in this country today, seems like freedom of choice would

WAIT - I thought the non-smoking groups said that sales go UP when the smoking ban is in place?

They should be guilty. One of the top ways that offenders find new victims is at places where children congregrate. so it makes sense to keep the preditors out of the area. And if you have a kid living with an offender, the kid should be removed from the home. But first we should change our registry to different tiers of offenders. I am not worried

There is an emotional side to the law as written. There is already crimes that are more severe or less so based on the victim. We do not need more confusion in the law. If you rape, then you go to prison for life. If you rape a victim that is less able to defend themselves then you go to prison for life. If you beat someone you go to jail. There are