 | Another great idea from Skippy... dcgere | August 13, 2011 at 3:20 pm | Tags: Barack Obama, big government | Categories: Crazy Politicians, Culture War, Economy, Idiot Law Makers, Idiot U.S. Presidents, Idiots In General, Insanity, Just Plain Nuts, Liberals, Taxes | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-8HH |
Think: what else can I do to ruin the USA?
Does Obama sit around thinking of how he can destroy our country even more? That's a rhetorical question. Now comes another brilliant idea from this administration:
Now Obama Wants to Force Farmers to Get Commercial Drivers Licenses
Via Gateway Pundit: A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to adopt standards that would reclassify all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Motor Vehicles, officials said. Likewise, the proposal, if adopted, would require all farmers and everyone on the farm who operates any of the equipment to obtain a commercial driver's license (CDL), they added.
The proposed rule change would mean that anyone who drives a tractor or operates any piece of motorized farming equipment would be required to pass the same tests and complete the same detailed forms and logs required of semi-tractor trailer drivers.
Drivers would keep logs of information including hours worked and miles traveled. Vehicles would be required to display DOT numbers. A CDL in Virginia costs $64 for eight years, or $8 per year, not including the cost of an instructional class and the written test.
If the DOT reclassifies farm vehicles and implements as commercial vehicles, the federal government will have regulatory control over the nation's farm workers, estimated at over 800,000, by requiring them to have commercial drivers licenses.
That possibility worries county farmers and others in Halifax County interested in agriculture. "I have a CDL, but very few farmers have one," said Nathalie farmer Ronnie Waller. "This is just another bureaucratic hurdle for the farmer. It's hard enough fighting Mother Nature, insects and all…now we have to fight the federal government," he added. "We're getting more rammed down our throats, and I could see repercussions across the nation. This move is another inane gesture in my opinion," Waller concluded.
More control of people and more taxes. And you know they eventually will want to control their emissions as well. We know one thing for sure about Skippy, if an idea comes out of this administration, it's going to be bad for our country.
DCG
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