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WWTD? What Would Trump Do is the question. Each year we measure the 149 State Legislators against what has turned out to be the standard for conservative politicians, President Donald Trump. We take the policy positions that Trump supports and enacts and judge bad legislation voted on during the legislative session. You don't get points for doing the right thing normally, you are supposed to do the right thing if you are calling yourself Republican or a conservative Democrat.
HB3873 Encourages the practice of child marriage. A NO vote is conservative. Allows children of 16 years old to apply for a marriage license without having a parent present during the court hearing, allowing a notarized statement instead which could easily be forged, and doesn't allow parents to be present during the court hearing on the matter. The bill also strips away parental consent, removes a process whereby military members can provide consent while stationed out of the state, and parental consent to marry in cases of unwed births/pregnancies.
HB 3088 bias training bill Forces medical providers to attend bias training and refresher courses claiming that minorities are harmed by unrecognized racial bias by providers. Stereotypes and prejudice are claimed to be responsible for the lack of pre natal health care and deaths during births and pregnancies. The training to be “refreshed” every two years or more frequently if “deemed” necessary by the hospital. A new program in the State Health Department is created to track infant mortality, the program training, by race and ethnic identity, and by any other factor deemed necessary by the Health Department. This is insulting to our medical providers and simple political correctness/virtue signaling. A NO vote is conservative.
HB 3996 as amended by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, would have removed the state’s prohibition against candidates for office and office holders spending money donated to their political campaign committees for personal use. State Senator Roger Thompson amended HB 3996 late in the session and took over authorship. His changes would allow campaign contributions to be used for a politician's personal expenses, including mortgages, vacations, athletic events, concerts and country club dues. Basically tax free income for the politician, siphoning off political donations into his or her bimbo eruption account or subsidizing their lifestyle. A NO vote is conservative.
HJR1040 stopped the health department from usurping legislators, they intended to make anyone with a vaccine exemption go to the health department to take a class to “educate” them. The rule changes modify the process for obtaining and submitting religious and personal vaccine exemptions for children enrolled in Oklahoma schools or child care centers. “ Religious and personal exemptions may be obtained after receiving an approved brief educational presentation provided by any local county health department regarding the risks associated with not being vaccinated and the benefits vaccinations provide to the individual and the community. To be approved, the completed exemption form along with evidence of completed instruction is required. “ This is an absolute usurpation of parental rights and insulting to the intelligence of parents. A YES vote is conservative.
SB 1046, a bill that would increase a hospital fee to raise an estimated $134 million to help pay for whichever version of Medicaid expansion is ultimately implemented in the state. Called SHOPP, the scheme allows hospitals to tax themselves, which involves raising their rates that insurers and individuals pay, in order to pay the state share of Medicaid expansion. While this is quite a bargain right now as the state only picks up 10% of the costs, the feds will not always pick up the other 90%, that can change and will change once someone gets serious about fixing the federal deficit. The amount of the 10% matching funds skyrocketed in other states like Arkansas when they expanded Medicaid. Your personal health care is your problem, not a state problem or federal problem. A NO vote is conservative.
SB 1935, which authorizes the transfer of additional dollars for Medicaid expansion in FY 2021 from the Revenue Stabilization Fund. Rep Kevin Wallace claims that Oklahoma’s cost for Medicaid expansion cost would be about $164 million. That figure represents 10 percent of the total expense, with the federal government picking up the remaining 90 percent for now.... The problem is that they are expanding entitlements out of the State Rainy Day Fund and next year where is the money to come from? And again, expect this $164 million dollars to triple, even quadruple, in the coming year. A NO vote is conservative.
SB 1728 creates the Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act. A YES vote is conservative. The measure modifies provisions related to awarding damages resulting from wrongful deaths. Parents and grandparents of unborn children may seek damages against a physician if an abortion is performed:
Without the consent of the pregnant woman,-In which the pregnant woman is a minor,-Resulting in mental or physical harm to the pregnant woman, -Without screenings to determine potential risk factors,or-In violation of other state laws.
Physicians may not waive liability prior to performing the abortion. Recoverable damages may not include the cost of the abortion. Lastly, the measure removes the exclusion of legal abortions and acts committed during diagnostic testing or treatment from deaths which may constitute recoverable damages.This is common sense anti abortion legislation. Amazingly Senator Silk voted against the bill.
HB 2749 and HB 2750, which work in conjunction to authorize an additional $161 million bailout bond package to fund the state’s matching obligation for endowed chair positions at Oklahoma higher education institutions. The measures also functionally capped the state’s funding of endowed chairs;
HB 2749 A NO vote is conservative. Since the date of its implementation on July 1, 1988, the endowed chairs program has resulted in over $500 million in state match funding to qualifying institutions of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma. This measure will place a cap on the amount of the state matching funds at $671,200,000 over the life of the program , Provided, the regional and special purpose universities and two-year institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall have priority in qualifying for the endowment accounts of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for lectureships and positions for artists in residence Lecturers and Artists in Residence? How about spending education money on teaching students history, math, science, and engineering instead of funding Women's studies and artists making bottles of urine with a cross soaking in the piss? The state is behind about $160,000,000 already from this program, with vouchers turned in by the colleges that have not been paid. How about just shutting it down completely in this billion dollar budget shortfall?
HB 2750 A NO vote is conservative. As written, the measure authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $314,400,000 for the purpose of funding the state match portion of the endowed chair program. It is anticipated that the lease payment required will be $10-12 million annually based on when the bonds are sold and the market conditions at the time in which they are sold. This bond sale, new debt for the citizens of Oklahoma to pay off with high interest and selling fees, covers the $160 million the state is behind on payments for this liberal boon doggle and another $154 million in future jars crosses soaking in jugs of piss. Or maybe it will be lesbian interpretive dance lessons or performances, performed nude to symbolize the overarching effects of the patriarchal subjugation of women? Maybe it will be Mayor David Holt bent over on a table with a crucifix sticking out of his McDugle while he sings the BLM anthem?
SB 143 is an attack on every business or individual that provides material, products, or services to the State of Oklahoma. It requires a charter school that contracts with a management organization to use the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System to report the total amount paid to a management organization as well as itemized expenditure information for the goods or services provided by the management organization, including the total compensation package of the superintendent.
Charter schools have super low management costs, 10% or less, compared to three, even four times that for public schools. Plus the amount of money the charter schools receive is a fraction of what each student brings in in state taxes, property taxes, and local sales taxes to fund their education. Each charter school kid turns loose thousands of dollars to be used in other schools. Today it is aimed at Epic Charter Schools and other charter schools, tomorrow it will be aimed at the local hardware store or paper supply company. The bill also put restrictions on public school teachers moving over to the charter school system where they are better paid, worked harder, and have comparable or better results for a fraction of the cost to the taxpayers.
The management fee is the profit for the corporation running these charter schools and how it is spent is none of the state's business no more than the profit, overhead, or expenses of a janitorial supply house that provides the state a service or product.
