Republican Lawmakers: "We Need More Regulation"

Words you wouldn't think you'd hear from deregulation happy Republicans. You know, the same ones who loathe government intrusion into your lives and hate higher fees and taxes. But there it is.

“A lot of the problems that are going on in our country now appear to have been related to lax regulation . . . ,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan.

Indeed. Tell me about it. Regulate the electricity industry. Please. Regulate the insurance industry. I beg you to do that. Mostly, both sides of the aisle seem terribly alarmed about regulation of banks and investment advisors. But, I don't know. The Chron article seems to be saying that there will be more regulation over a lot of industries. And, that working people will pay higher fees (that's sort of like a tax, folks) to the State to compensate for the additional oversight. This sort of goes against the grain of what Rick Perry said at the Pakistan Chamber of Commerce event I attended in Sugar Land recently. He thinks Texas is avoiding the recession (??) because we do such a good job with our hands-off government that lets business do what it does best. The reality is that Republicans love taxing and spending. We apparently have $2 million to spend on Voter ID that is a solution looking for a problem. Yeah, that's right. I just somehow tied de-regulation to Rick Perry to Voter ID. This is the genius of blogging. You can ramble on and talk to yourself about anything you want!