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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:01 AM Apr 2013

Missouri Senate votes to defund driver’s license bureau

Teabaggery at its finest! Cause who needs a license??

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri residents could be unable to get driver’s licenses if a funding cut passed Monday by the Missouri Senate were to ultimately become law.

The elimination of funding for Missouri’s driver’s license bureau was perhaps the most dramatic proposal in a Senate budget plan full of reductions intended to grab the attention of executive branch officials accused by some senators of being uncooperative or less than forthcoming when describing how they spend state money.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer, the architect of many of those message-sending cuts, said he was seeking leverage over state officials as he leads a Senate delegation that will meet with House members in the coming weeks to negotiate a final version of the 2014 budget.

But other senators wondered about the effect if the proposed cuts actually become law.

If the entire $3.5 million allotment for the Motor Vehicle and Driver Licensing Division ultimately is eliminated: “They will not be able to issue any driver’s licenses,” Schaefer, a Columbia Republican, acknowledged.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/22/4196932/missouri-senate-votes-to-defund.html#storylink=latnews#storylink=cpy
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Missouri Senate votes to defund driver’s license bureau (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 OP
Hmm, wonder if they're one of those states that will require a valid driver's licence to vote? haele Apr 2013 #1
My very first thought. Marie Marie Apr 2013 #2
Yes they do. But they also accept a utility bill. proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 #3
I don't think it would last that long. sofa king Apr 2013 #4
LOL PSPS Apr 2013 #5
I knew a couple of old guys from Southern Missouri like that Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #6
Square Snuff is mostly a ladies' choice around here. sofa king Apr 2013 #7

haele

(12,581 posts)
1. Hmm, wonder if they're one of those states that will require a valid driver's licence to vote?
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:06 AM
Apr 2013

That and a birth certificate?
One way of ensuring fewer democrats voting... the older people will have driver's licenses, younger people won't.

Haele

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
4. I don't think it would last that long.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:44 AM
Apr 2013

Someone has to roll out to the store to get Grandpa Republican his Gold Bond Medicated Powder, Doan's pills, Square Snuff, Zagnuts, and batteries for his Clapper.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
6. I knew a couple of old guys from Southern Missouri like that
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 02:04 AM
Apr 2013

But instead of Square Snuff, they preferred Copenhagen or Skoal

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
7. Square Snuff is mostly a ladies' choice around here.
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 03:32 AM
Apr 2013

I considered writing the above comment using "Grandma Republican," but then I decided it would confuse the punchline since there shouldn't be any female Republicans in the first place. So I reverted to the stereotype but kept the Square Snuff.

I was also going to use Squirrel Nut Zippers instead of Zagnuts, but then I decided that would also confuse the punchline since nobody remembers that they were a candy before they became a snappy post-jazz band.

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