Talk:Tom Vilsack

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 * The title "Nominee-designate" - is that standard? Not sure, never heard it before... - also, not sure why Sonny Perdue is seen as an Obama appointee when he wasn't **

The article doesn't mention what, if any, experience Vilsack has in agriculture. This is more than slightly relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.69.229 (talk) 02:20, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Tom Vilsack, 51, was elected as Iowa's 39th Governor in 1998.

The Vilsack Administration increased the number of children covered by health insurance by 300%. He also created a statewide drug-purchasing organization, to reduce the price of prescription drugs for old people.

Vilsack 100 million pennies from the federal government for a 17-county task group that tries to arrest methamphetamine producers. His budget also provided $50 million for a new state crime lab.

A previous mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (pop. 8,751), Vilsack was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 1992. As a Senator, Vilsack worked to force companies receiving state tax incentives to provide better pay and benefits, passed a law allowing workers to receive their health coverage when changing jobs, and helped redesign the state's Workforce Development Department. He also wrote a bill forcing the state to pay for 50% of county mental health costs. -- Text from this page is the same as; http://www.state.ia.us/governor/bios/vilsackbio.html Which is covered by this copyright; http://www.iowaccess.org/main/copyright.html

See also the Google search for text that is in this article;

--mav

Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. --Lir


 * The created expression of ideas is in the choice and order of words used. When you copy that verbatum then you are violating copyright. Please don't do that. --mav

I am not copying verbatim. There are only so many ways to say a former  mayor  of  mt  pleasant  iowa  pop  8751  --Lir


 * There are many ways to say that. I suggest you find one that doesn't violate somebody elses copyright. Your agree not to violate other people's copyright each time you submit a page since this message is displayed; DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!  Please rewrite the text to remove the original copyright and stop erasing this page - it makes it appear as if you are trying to hide something. --mav

but this isnt copyrighted. it is re-written. you are being ridiculous. -Lir


 * You just rewrote it so the version I was talking about was the same as the original text. Thank you for doing the rewrite, the text now passes the Google test. I will now wikify the new text for you. BTW, you might want to vist Manual of Style which has good Wikification pointers. --mav


 * Hm. One billion pennies is a bit much. Also improving prose. --mav

well if you typed it vilsack and $10 million i bet you might get the page and we wouldn't want that to happen...--Lir


 * When doing Google tests I copy multiple words that are centered upon a period. Therefore all the words in the second half of the first sentence and the first half of the second sentence have to be exactly the same for me to find any matches. --mav

It remains to be seen what Vilsack's future would be. Even though John Kerry ultimately chose John Edwards, some political observers feel that in the event of a Kerry/Edwards victory that Vilsack would be offered a cabinet level position. So he may not even go to 2006 as governor of Iowa. It'll be intersting to see how this all comes out in November.
 * JesseG 03:32, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

My friend is a reporter for the local newspaper - she usually covers political news. She told me that even though Vilsack has said he will not run for a third term that he may be talked into remaining with the balance between the two parties in Des Moines.

JesseG 23:18, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)

There have been rumours flying around on the possibility that Vilsack may be considered for the position of DNC chairman when McAuliffe steps down next year.

Zahra

This entry has a lot of POV\"vote for this guy" going on. - Jaysus Chris 03:49, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

This article tells nothing about most of his positions on the only important issue: agriculture. I now know how he feels about GM crops, but thats one of many issues. How does he feel about corn subsidies? Other crop subsidies? FDA regulations? Nitrogen fertilizer? What does he want to do about type one biofuels? Would he strengthen alergy reporting requirements? What does he think about the ethics of the modern chicken farm? How does he feel about pesticide overuse? Crop rotation? other modern farming methods? Does he support tax subsidies for oraganic farmers? Would he tax milk? How does he feel about food stamps and America's food purchasing programs? How does he feel about foreign food aid? Would he increase funding to the FDA? For restraunt inspectors? Food manufacturing facility inspectors? Does he favor continued terriffs on food products? increased terriffs on food products?199.67.236.234 (talk) 04:24, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Suggest removing Category:Iowa politicians as redundant with Category:Governors of Iowa
The following discussion was on my talk page. I'm moving it here instead since it relates directly to this article:

Please don't remove vital categories such as Category:Iowa politicians. Such categories are vital to the attempts to improve the articles of such people. Most of the categories you removed from Tom Vilsack were indeed redundant, but please remember that a politician category is NOT redundant with a lawyer category. Thank you. --Tim4christ17 talk 17:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I didn't say it was redundant with a lawyer category. It was redundant with the Category:Governors of Iowa. Clearly all Iowa Governors are also Iowa politicians. Except in rare cases, an article should not appear in both a category and its parent category (in this case, both "Governors" and "Politicians"). I'll move this discussion to the article page, though, for any other follow-up comment. Dugwiki 17:58, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

As I mentioned above, it is normally recommended that an article not appear in both a category and its parent category. I'll leave Category:Iowa politicians in question in place temporarilly, pending discussion, but still recommend ultimately removing it since it is redundant with Category:Governors of Iowa. Dugwiki 18:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Keepseagle vs Vilsack
This is a class action settlement that awards approximately $750 million to Native Americans whose trust land was mismanaged between 1981-1999 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.234.0.138 (talk) 01:07, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Governors
The category box is in error, the gov-elect hasn't taken office yet. At the least, it should be listed 'Culver (elect)'. GoodDay 17:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Superfluous sentence:
In the last paragraph:

"During the appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart pointed out that Vilsack was "not, seemingly an asshole," in comparison to current President George W. Bush. Since Stewart's view on President Bush is usually critical, it can be assumed that the expletive was meant in a negative way"

I'm not entirely sure that calling someone an asshole can ever be construed as a compliment, so pointing out that it is an insult is superfluous and a bit puzzling.

Also, on the section on Iraq, the paragraph starts by saying he has a politically moderate position on the subject, then says he favours pulling out almost all the troops, which is a fairly extreme position so these two statements made in the present tense about his position on the issue are contradictory.

Mb667584 12:09, 5 January 2007 (UTC)Dex

Iraq position changing?
It appears now, as of mid-February, that he wants an immediate pullout from Iraq. Does this mean begin troop withdrawal now or have it completed real soon? -Amit

Vilsack has dropped from the 2008 Presidential race.
Somebody add this to the main article, as without it, one gets the impression that ex-Governor Vilsack is still running. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.40.226.226 (talk) 22:24, 27 February 2007 (UTC).

Million dollars?
I read he raised one million dollars, did he spend it? give it back? give it to another candiate?

Surname
What is the national origin of his adoptive father's surname? Badagnani 04:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

OCA opposition
Is this section actually noteworthy? It notes that the OCA feels he would be a poor pick for the agricultural poobah, with a list of reasons, but the reasons given aren't inherently obvious as to why they're actually detrimental to the large percentage of the population, or, anyone at all.

It seems cut/paste from OCA's bullet points they posted earlier. It violates a neutral POV. 69.143.88.44 (talk) 08:14, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've expanded this section so that it now discusses how some groups endorsed this nomination while at least one (OCA) strongly opposed it. I think it is important and mostly NPOV. OCA sentences may need a recheck for NPOV. ike9898 (talk) 21:09, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Details of political history
How long was he mayor of Mount Pleasant? How long did he serve in the Senate?CountMacula (talk) 18:47, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism
Courtesy of Revision as of 00:26, 25 February 2013 (edit) (undo) 72.89.98.188 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agent Cooper (talk • contribs) 22:25, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Frontline Report on Salmonella Outbreak
Secretary Vilsak was interviewed by Frontline in a program that was broadcast on 5-12-2015, on the response of the Department to a series of salmonella outbreaks resulting from the appearance in poultry of new and virulent strains of salmonella. He insisted that the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) did not have the authority to order recalls of chicken contaminated with the bacteria, even if highly pathogenic strains were present. However he refused to ask Congress to pass legislation providing the FSIS with that authority. Danwoodard (talk) 03:02, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

removing Pigford scandal claim
I am removing this claim: "Vilsack was also a prime mover in enabling the "Pigford" scandal, a massive fraud involving billions in payouts to minority supplicants who falsely claimed Agriculture department bias in the awarding of farm loans." The source given is http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-often-unsupported-cost-us-millions.html. This NYT article is a primary source to begin with, but even setting that aside, it never makes the assertion from our article. It only quotes people making this claim, and others countering the claim. (From the journalist's tone, it sounds to me like she sides with those alleging fraud, but she never says so.) --Allen (talk) 00:10, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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Special case to use archive.is
The line in the article:

On March 28, 2012, Vilsack came out publicly defending the use of "pink slime" added in ground beef.[27 ]

Sources an article from 2012 that is no longer available online. The only archived instance of that article is on archive.is

https://archive.is/mbP67

Please consider allowing this source, as it's currently the only one that has proof of his statement.

Alexipwns (talk) 12:36, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Last member of Obama's original cabinet
The lead says that when Arne Duncan resigns, Vilsack will become the last cabinet member who has served since Obama took office. This is not true since Joe Biden and Shaun Donovan have also served on Obama's cabinet from the beginning. This claim should either be removed or possibly rephrased to say "cabinet secretary" rather than "member of the cabinet" Aliiqve (talk) 17:32, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Sec Agriculture under Biden
In December 2020, Joe Biden nominated Vilsack to be the Secretary of Agriculture, a position he held for 8 years under President Barack Obama. Vilsack was selected over traditional farm groups support of former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and reformers who wanted the Department of Agriculture to spend money on climate change supporting Representative Marcia Fudge, who was nominated for Secretary of HUD.[41]

I added this because it creates useful context. Otherwise, it's similar to "Jones nominated for Sec of Agri by President Smith-end of story". Instead, it informs the reader in a very brief way about the dynamics of history and Vilsack's nomination. Vowvo (talk) 20:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)