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LISTEN: Doreen Costa's Bad Bill Of The Week - Riding Dirty

1/14/2015

This week on The Wild Side, David Clyde welcomed everyone's favorite legislator, Rep. Doreen Costa (R- Dist. 31), for a new segment "Bad Bill of the Week" to discuss the worst articles of proposed legislation currently being addressed on the floor of the General Assembly .

To kick off the segment, Costa referenced a bill, H-5053 -- introduced by the Judiciary Committee and presented by Rep. Jeremiah O'Grady (D- Dist. 46) -- that would allow persons who are involuntarily unemployed and are subject to license or registration non-renewal as a result of failure to pay taxes to obtain a conditional renewal during their period of unemployment.

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While Costa lauds the intent of this "feel good" legislation, she fears that it opens a can of worms that would possibly offer an unfair advantage to unemployed Rhode Islanders over those who are gainfully employed, but are still struggling financially.