Exactly!
I am absolutely positive that they could find the money in the budget if they just stopped using it to try to buy votes. There are dozens of social programs that can go.
I’m not some kind of anarchist that wants all government done away with, I am a realist. There are certain amounts of government required to maintain a certain amount of order and infrastructure, but enough is enough already.
This piece of legislation was wrong from the get-go and it has now cost tax payers how much just defending it in 2 locales? And the state is now going to pay to defend it a 3rd? Excuse me, the state never pays for anything, they use our money to do it.
How much of our tax money did they waste enacting this crapola?
How much time, effort and our money did they waste fighting over the proposed smoking ban? I don’t care if you smoke, don’t smoke, hate smoke, or whatever, it was a monumental waste of time and tax dollars. You want a smoke-free bar or restaurant, open your own, leave the taxpayers alone.