Ohio Lawmakers Sneak Measure Restricting Minimum Wage Into Bill About Puppies [And Kitties]

[moonshaz]

Ohio lawmakers passed a measure this week that blocks local governments from raising the minimum wage and passing laws to benefit workers.

The anti-worker measures were quietly inserted into a bill regulating where pet stores can buy dogs and cats on Wednesday. The maneuver surprised even state Rep. Denise Driehaus, the ranking Democrat on the

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[hudebnik]

Republicans support shifting control to whatever level of government is Republican. And Democrats support shifting control to whatever level of government is Democratic, although I don't think the turning-on-a-dime has been as blatant on the Democratic side. There have certainly been news stories in the past week about Democrats' sudden interest in "states' rights", e.g. the right of California or New York to not spend state resources enforcing Trumpian immigration policies, and howls of outrage from Republicans suddenly upset that any state would oppose (even passively) a Federal government initiative. The same Republicans, that is, who sued to sabotage Obamacare, who sued to overturn Clean Power, who sued to overturn the DREAM Act, etc.

There is an objective difference, though: Republicans want to shift power to whichever level of government is currently interested in making the rich richer, while Democrats want to shift power to whichever level of government is currently interested in making things better for a large number of people. Democrats have certainly supported some "make the rich richer" initiatives over the years, but it's never been their consistent top priority as it has for the Republicans.