![]() So how did you do? And were the hints I generously gave you helpful? I certainly hope so, but If not, let me explain them.ġ. There are strong and brave voices of reason in Red states who are putting the economic interests of their citizens above the ideological interests of their politicians. The point of this quiz is intuitively obvious, just like the solution to a mathematical theorem once you look at it in the right way. KANSAS: Laura Kelly, Kansas Governor see Twitter and By stripping away rights from STATE’S CITIZENS and opening the state up to expensive and unnecessary lawsuits, these bills would hurt our ability to continue breaking economic records and landing new business deals. “Companies have made it clear that they are not interested in doing business with states that discriminate against workers and their families. OHIO: Jeff Derringer, Ohio SEIU District 1199 Ohio Senate Finance Committee Hearing 3-14-2023, video at 0:12:02ġ0. These public servants have paid their fair share for their entire career and do not deserve to be in danger of losing it because of short-sighted policies like Senate Bill six.”Ĭ. “We are deeply concerned about this legislation as it will greatly impact financial returns on investments and jeopardize retirement for thousands of civil servants that will depend on this income once they retire. ARKANSAS: Clint Roden, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Arkansas Senate State Agencies Committee Hearing on, video at 4:50:33ĩ. Currently STATE PENSION FUND has about 7 billion dollars in direct investments, therefore a conservative estimate would be the 7 million dollars per year that you have already heard."ĭ. This is the case if even only a few financial service providers are added to the list. This cost is primarily from a risk of higher fees due to lack of access to competitive financial services. The estimate at its most conservative level is 10 basis points: that’s 0.1 percent. "The STATE PENSION FUND consultants have estimated that if this bill passes it can result in a reduction of the STATE PENSION FUND rate of return on its assets. WEST VIRGINIA: Michael Payne, West Virginia Investment Management Board West Virginia House Judiciary Committee hearing on Ĩ. “I just want to say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it."ī. NORTH DAKOTA: Lobbyist, North Dakota's American Property Casualty Insurance North Dakota Senate Industry and Business Committee hearing, video at 11:11:51 Part IV. "We reluctantly must oppose Section 2 of this legislation based upon the fundamental importance of maintaining a free insurance market that best serves consumers.”Į. TEXAS: - Albert Betts, Executive Director of the Insurance Council of Texas cited hereĦ. ![]() “There’s more attention among the catastrophe modelers and reinsurers about what’s going to happen in the future, what’s going to happen with storms, and that when they do happen, they seem to be much more severe and pack much more severe rain and wind."Ĭ. IDAHO: Alex LaBeau, President of Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry Idaho House State Affairs Committee Hearing,, video at 1:22:25ĥ. "We came to the conclusion that we feel this legislation is dangerous, it’s unworkable."ĭ. INDIANA: Greg Ellis, VP of Energy and Environment for Indiana Chamber of Commerce Indiana Financial Institutions hearing, Jan 26, 2023, video at 0:53:30Ĥ. Market performance and financial investments should be driving pension investments.”ī. “We believe this is picking specific sectors as winners and Losers and is anti-free market. ![]() FLORIDA: Anthony DeMarco, Executive VP for Florida Bankers Association Florida House Commerce Committee on 3/8/23, video at 1:03:50 Part II. “Our position is we should be able to bank who we think we should bank and not be told who to bank and not told who not to bank withĮ. ARIZONA: Jay Kaprosy, Arizona Bankers Association Arizona House Commerce committee hearing on 3/24/23, video at 3:31:08Ģ. ![]() “What you have in front of you is probably the most anti-free market bill that you’ll see this legislative session.”Ĭ. Stay tuned on that.Īnd now, drumroll □ please, without further adoo, here are the answers! Part I. Maybe I’ll go for a time record or increase the number of flips or number of sets. I did the four flips in 25 minutes, including the breaks. I said, “It feels like a massage to the tire.” Since this is a new exercise, I’m still formulating my goal here. My wife asked how the tire feels about this. I can do four sets of five flips of a 550 pound tire, ending each flip by pounding it 10 times with each hand with a 10 pound sledgehammer and two sets of 10 on the last phone (so 100 total sledgehammer pounds). My hero here is Jean-Francois Caron who flipped a 1,350 pound tire four times. About a month ago I started flipping tires and fell in love with this strong man activity.
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