Or at the very least there needs to be an active review process of all the old laws that don't make sense anymore and remove them. While people may not usually be prosecuted by them, they could always use them if they can't dig up any other dirt
These 1000s of pages for bills began when Congress itself stopped writing legislation and the special interests began writing it. Its been decades since Congress has written law themselves.
The special interests write bills that benefit themselves. They shop it around to legislators who can be bribed to sponsor said bill. The leadership and the whips then intimidate the legislators into voting for the bill. It may get some edits to make part of it palatable to the public while hiding its true intent.
Its this process that drives Pelosi to say you have to pass the bill to know whats in it.
Pork has always been a huge problem for me. To many deals to be made and you have to weigh whether the goods things in any bill are worth the bad. It’s a shit system.
Plenty of laws need to be intricate and address other facets of society.
Imagine writing a law that limits big pharma advertising. It has to address print, TV, internet, age, stipulations for existing spending, deadlines and more.
Then you have politicians have an easy scapegoat for not passing laws people want. "Sorry folks, one page couldn't fit it all."
Someone should sneak this into one of their 1000+ page bills, and they'll probably be stupid enough to not read it and vote on it anyways... 🤔
Brilliant!
Also when they pass a new law,they also have to take an old one off the books....
Or at the very least there needs to be an active review process of all the old laws that don't make sense anymore and remove them. While people may not usually be prosecuted by them, they could always use them if they can't dig up any other dirt
Your politicians are all lawyers. That's how the People have been so duped. You're "governed" by lawyers. Is it really that surprising?
Sen Paul has brought this exact conundrum up more times than one. His filibuster comes to mind.
Rand Paul is on my very short list of politicians who I feel genuinely want to do the right thing for the American people
You know when most of congress hates someone, they are doing things right .
"That's why you must pass the bill, so you then have time to read the bill". XXOO, Nancy
Most of the bills are written by the lobbyist.
These 1000s of pages for bills began when Congress itself stopped writing legislation and the special interests began writing it. Its been decades since Congress has written law themselves.
The special interests write bills that benefit themselves. They shop it around to legislators who can be bribed to sponsor said bill. The leadership and the whips then intimidate the legislators into voting for the bill. It may get some edits to make part of it palatable to the public while hiding its true intent.
Its this process that drives Pelosi to say you have to pass the bill to know whats in it.
Plus to accommodate the politicians it can't be written above a third grade level.
Wishful thinking. I'm in favor, though.
...and they have a test at the end of it ---- everyone must pass to vote.
Or we could, you know, read the constitution and apply it.
Pork has always been a huge problem for me. To many deals to be made and you have to weigh whether the goods things in any bill are worth the bad. It’s a shit system.
and has to be easily understood by the average person
If I was in congress I would vote NO on ANY bill I cannot read (and discuss) in a reasonable amount of time.
Not only cant they read it, but they cant even bring it up for discussion or debate.
all those pages are all of the democrats with children; basically a blackmail for provocation.
This is a bad idea.
Plenty of laws need to be intricate and address other facets of society.
Imagine writing a law that limits big pharma advertising. It has to address print, TV, internet, age, stipulations for existing spending, deadlines and more.
Then you have politicians have an easy scapegoat for not passing laws people want. "Sorry folks, one page couldn't fit it all."
No problem.
Effective one year from now, Big Pharma will not advertise their products to the public.
Didn't they do the same with alcohol and cigarettes? Both are legal and neither particularly good for you.
Cool. Infomercials we be the new thing.
Not advertisements. Product placement in your favorite shows. Kids cartoons about the wonders of vaccinations.
Absolutely right.
I don't care how long it is as long as it only covers one thing and they have enough time to read it
Won't they just shrink the font to something microscopic?
You are spot on here. Excellent.
This world has many disingenuous rackets like this. Would be great to wood-chip them all..
Around the time lobbyists were allowed unfettered access to the halls of power.
I thought you didn't like the elite?