More Tea-nuttery: Pence (IN) creates new office to cut federal red tape

[Myrina]

I especially like how the headline totally misleads the real intention of the 'office', as stated in the article.

http://www.wthr.com/story/22974335/2013/07/31/pence-creates-new-office-to-federal-red-tape


"INDIANAPOLIS - Governor Mike Pence is changing the mission of Indiana's Office of Federal Grants and Procurement to cutting the red tape that comes with federal grants. Pence says a new Office of State-Based Initiatives will work with state agencies to perform cost-benefit analyses on every federal grant opportunity and publish an annual study of the costs of federal regulations that will be shared with Indiana's congressional delegation.

Pence says the federal government last year collected $51-billion from Indiana taxpayers and businesses and that Indiana agencies will receive almost 20 percent of that money this year in the form of federal grants that often come with mandates and regulations that Pence says "stifle ingenuity ... and hamstring Hoosier businesses."


Don't suppose it has anything to do with Eli Lilly being located just a couple miles from the Governor's office, huh?
Just get rid of all those costly, nasty regulations -- who needs drug, food, air, water & financial safety anyway?

[Sunlei]

1. wonder how much the state gets from Eli Lilly Price gouging citizens on meds?

[Myrina]

3. Probably not alot - since Lilly is so multi-national they likely pay close to $0 in taxes.

But they get shit tons in 'incentives' to keep moving their labs here and are considered a 'good citizen' because their foundations do alot of community work and give out bucketloads of grant money to local charities (all tax deductible, I'm sure).

What irks me most about this is that the 'money' taxpayers pay into 'Federal Regulations' don't necessarily produce financial benefits, but they do ensure a measure of public safety/health safety etc. Pence wants those regulations gone so essentially Indiana can look like Mumbai and he call it a 'capitalist success'.

[Sunlei]

4. local citizens can test the land and water. hold any bad reports in the state Gov faces.

plenty of independent labs.

[Myrina]

5. Are you in Indiana?

Not much chance of local citizens getting off their arses here except to protest abortion clinics and gun regulations.
Oh, and to hold prayer vigils after accidents and murders an' stuff.

[seabeckind]

7. Good luck finding a media outlet here

that will say anything bad about the gop.

Like a supt of public instruction who cooks the books to make a charter school sucessful.

Or a charter school that fails and owes money to the state having to pay it back.

Or a private speedway getting taxpayer money to expand its corporate boxes.

Or a mayor who spends infrastructure funds to build a cricket field.

Or a local local city council that relocates a fire station (at taxpayer expense) to free up space for a private developer. Oh, and buys the land owned by a different private entity that it can't sell so that the fire station has a place to go. Again, at taxpayer expense.

And then there's the regs and inspections of public venues...

Good luck. The media outlets are owned by the businesses. Just like the gov't.

Lilly? They "donated" a superfund site to the city... got a tax break and didn't have to pay to clean it up.

Indiana -- it's good for business.

On edit: just moved here from the left coast. Still trying to aclimate but finding the political atmosphere a bit odorifous. I was excited to buy a home in Andre Carson's district. Hah! Gerrymandered into Dan Burton's old district before I got to cast one ballot.

[Myrina]

9. Welcome!?

I'm on the far northside, just inside I-465 but north of Broad Ripple.
There's a half dozen or so old time DU'ers here in Indy ... we used to have Meetups at Loughmiller's downtown by the State House every so often.

What brought you to Indy?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. From Southside Indy!

[seabeckind]

11. Thanks very much

To you and Proud. Moved back to Indy to be close to grandkids.

It was refreshing to be in a liberal state for 10 years but then had to come back when the grandkids came along.

Pence is a real piece of work, isn't he? Worse than Daniels I think.

[Sunlei]

2. the state loses how much tax when Tea Party 'pretends' they are a tax-free, charity?

[matthews]

6. I'd check to see how many relatives or friends stand to get something

out of this. I've noticed that if a Republican or Teahaddist is involved, someone in the family is coming out ahead somehow.

[seabeckind]

8. If memory serves...

Didn't Reagan do an executive order along these same lines and use that to gut the federal regs?

Went along well with his executive order that defunded the office that did the anti-trust evaluations.