The raw and milky deal: Session Deuce

So I've been sitting here pondering this article and the whole scenario surrounding it and I think I've realized that it's even more absurd than I first thought. First off, I've actually criticized the legislature more than I should have, they actually passed the bill outright and then Doyle vetoed it. It was probably just a bunch of fraud liberty advocates buying themselves cover because they knew Doyle would use the pen, but even so, they passed it. And so, the first part of the article is bad and appalling, with appeals to the cavemen of society that make my thighs hurt. Because I'm flexing them in rage, you see.

"Our entire system of licensing would be in jeopardy," said Cheryl Daniels, the food safety division attorney with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Oh really, Ms. Daniels, the attorney for some division of some wing of some office within the Department of Ag? The entire system would collapse because you're not able to stop people from selling raw milk to people who wish to purchase it? If indeed this is the case, the Editorial Board of Fight the Fat Productions™ LTD immediately demands the resignation of the head of the Trade and Consumer Protection office of the Department of Agriculture and the complete repeal of his office including all those who work under him. If you are so incompetent as to let the underground raw milk market destroy the entire way you do your work, you should not be doing said work.

But it gets better/worse:

The Craigs argue in the lawsuit that the state can't stop them from selling raw milk to customers who are part-members of their farm. It costs $10 to belong and the Craigs have about 300 members. They charge $6 per gallon of raw milk and sell about 260 gallons a week, Kay Craig said. That equates to more than $81,000 a year in raw milk sales alone.

Without those sales, which are made out of a bulk tank elsewhere on the farm, the store that offers other meat and dairy items would likely have to shut down, Kay Craig said.

"The raw milk sales really do drive the store," she said.

Why is Doyle trying to destroy the small businesses he claims to defend?

Wisconsin law allows only incidental sales of raw milk that are not part of a farm's regular business and are not advertised.

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The state argues that it interprets state law to mean all raw milk sales are banned, except for incidental sales. And regular sales to hundreds of members goes far beyond incidental, the state contends.

"We believe that this idea of this members-only organization that can be outside the regulations is simply not available under Wisconsin law," said Daniels, the DATCP attorney

They complain that they are abusing the language of "incidental sales" and are actually purposefully selling raw milk, which would be oh so terrible. The federal government and the socialist propagandists have abused the language of the Constitution for over two hundred years to the point where it's becoming an extinct document. Citizens turning the language game on it's head to support their own liberties shows just how hypocritical they really are. I'm going to sleep.

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