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Wisconsin state Sen. Pfaff on vaping laws, PFAS negotiations, holding debate with opponent
Wisconsin Sen. Brad Pfaff was in studio the WIZM last week for La Crosse Talk PM discussing the lack of vaping legislation in the state, where are we with PFAS help, and having a debate with his opponent.
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The vaping discussing evolved from the La Crosse School District putting vape detectors in some bathrooms.
Federal law is 21 years to buy those products, but Wisconsin’s Legislature won’t update state law, and it’s led to vaping numbers increasing among young people.
We also talked about the PFAS debate in the state, where Republicans and Democrats won’t negotiate on details of releasing over $120 million in relief money — as the Town of Campbell continues to use bottled water for over three years now.
And, we discussed the Donald Trump town hall, the idea of town halls versus debates and Pfaff having a debate with Republican opponent Stacey Klein.
Libertarian Guy
September 4, 2024 at 3:54 pm
Blah blah blah. Another photo app for Brad Pfaff and another opportunity to blather about things he either knows nothing about or thinks government can fix. This article seems to suggest that the Wisconsin legislature, controlled by Republicans, is failing to act by not raising the vaping product age requirement to 21. Of course, Brad‘s goal is to try to make Republicans look bad by floating another canard. High school age adolescents are generally 14 to 17 years of age with only a few 18-year-olds. Raising the age would do nothing to stop vaping in the high schools. But Brad sounds important talking about it, even though it would serve no purpose. And by the way, making something illegal does not stop the behavior. I would point to illegal drug use, underage smoking, underage drinking, robbery, vandalism, even murder. All of these behaviors are illegal, but they still occur. The school district is unwise “investing” tax dollars not for education, but to stop vaping. The solution rests with parents and families, not by making criminals out of adolescents nor is it solved by criminally charging product manufactures or the stores that sell such items. That is all Brad‘s legislation would accomplish. That’s what Ayn Rand would call a non-solution. In regard to PFAS, Brad seems to want to blame Republicans again. Rick does not bother to ask, exactly what sort of expenditure spent by the legislature will enable residents of French Island to stop needing to use bottled water. Brad implies that spending the money will fix the problem to eliminate the use of bottled water. But it will not. We do not have the technology or capbility to clean up groundwater contaminated with PFAS once it enters the water table. In regard to Medicaid expansion. Medicaid does not pay appropriate market rates for services rendered. Every time a medical provider serves a person on Medicaid, that provider loses money. Therefore, expanding Medicaid would decrease revenue for medical providers so provider will shift the cost to insurance companies, raising the cost of insurance, raising the cost for those who pay for healthcare privately, Ultimately setting off another round of healthcare inflation for the rest of us. As I said Brad Pfaff, you are full of blah blah blah, but you sound real important and we can tell you care Even though you present non-solutions and big government fixes that do not work