State Senator Forrest Knox (R-Altoona) has never been shy about expressing his thoughts on the role of government. From his support and work on a bill in
2013 post Newtown to put guns in schools, to his
proposed legislation that would pay foster parents more if they were in a committed faith-based relationship with no extra-marital affairs.
Despite concerns that at least one of those plans would result in massive government overreach and unlikely investigative powers, Forrest Knox has long contended that he believes the role of government is "small".
Yesterday, in a Clean Power hearing, however, Senator Knox implied that maybe the other role of a state government should be to encourage revolution against the federal government.
For Forrest Knox, the role of the EPA as a whole is overstepping the bounds of the constitutional grant, and as a result, musing about the role of a revolution might be fitting.
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Sen. Forrest Knox alluded to the American Revolution on Thursday when he recommended that Kansas fight new federal rules on clean power.
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Bryan Lowry, reporter for the Wichita Eagle, followed this up to try and get some clarification:
Knox responded by asking whether “over 200 years ago any lawyer recommended the unsafe thing of opposing the king.”
Asked about his revolutionary comments afterward Knox said “this is only one issue. There are many issues where the feds are overstepping.”
“Industries will not take the chance of opposing the federal government. Sooner or later a state legislature will if it keeps moving this way,” Knox said.
Despite Knox firm belief that a government must remain small and out of the way -- small enough to allow business to thrive but big enough to have an investigative body that will know if you are having an affair -- it appears he has found a new use for the Kansas legislature: a revolutionary force.
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