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Which Planet ?

Sometimes when I read about some things that certain politicians are proposing, I wonder, “Which planet are they from?”

The most recent example comes from Rhode Island where Democratic state Sen. Sam Bell proposed an extreme vaccine mandate bill that would double the state income tax on unvaccinated residents and fine parents of unvaccinated children. When I read this, I wondered, “which planet is Sen. Bell from”?

From BlazeMedia:

“Bell’s vaccine mandate would require every state resident who is at least 16 years old and is eligible to take a COVID-19 vaccine to get immunized. Minors under 16 would also be required to be immunized, and their parents or legal guardians would be responsible for ensuring compliance with the mandate.”

And it gets worse. Again from BlazeMedia:

“Unvaccinated residents would be fined $50 monthly for noncompliance and “shall owe twice the amount of personal income taxes” levied by the state. Vaccinated parents of unvaccinated children would be forced to pay the fine and have their income taxes doubled.”

At this point, if I lived in Rhode Island, I would be looking up towards to sky, especially at night to see if I could identify “which planet Bell came from?”

“The bill would also require employers to mandate vaccination for in-person work in the state and would impose a fine of $5,000 for every violation.”

Perhaps Sen. Bell is both deaf and blind or has been recently been off visiting Planet X, as he seemingly doesn’t recall that President Joe Biden’s administration implemented a federal vaccine mandate on employers with more than 100 employees via executive order last year, but the mandate was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bell’s legislation was referred to the state Senate Heath and Human Services committee after it was introduced, and there has been no action on it since. 

But Bell isn’t giving up and he cited a Boston Globe report on a survey that found Rhode Island ranks No. 6 in the nation for residents who support a universal COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Thus Rhode Island is behind other stalwart backers of interplanetary travel … Washington,D.C. Massachusetts, Hawaii, Maryland, and of course, California. 

Sen. Bell is arguing for Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee to support his bill.

Now I am not familiar with Gov. McKee, nonetheless I hope I am not forced to question whether or not he has had any recent inter-planetary travel!

4/25/22

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