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Originally posted by VforVendettea
A bill should be short and to the point.
They hide so much pork in those bills that none of the congress read them anymore than you read the terms and conditions before you click 'agree'.
Obamacare was over 2000 pages long and we know that nightmare that was.
We could make it an object lesson, create a lengthy bill and hide in it that all politicians and government workers will allow themselves to be tracked and recorded 24/7 on websites that can be accessed 24/7 by any taxpayer.
This was just an example but if we put something into a lengthy bill that the politicians truely hate we can pass the 10 page or less bill
Originally posted by FractalChaos13242017
Originally posted by VforVendettea
A bill should be short and to the point.
They hide so much pork in those bills that none of the congress read them anymore than you read the terms and conditions before you click 'agree'.
Obamacare was over 2000 pages long and we know that nightmare that was.
We could make it an object lesson, create a lengthy bill and hide in it that all politicians and government workers will allow themselves to be tracked and recorded 24/7 on websites that can be accessed 24/7 by any taxpayer.
This was just an example but if we put something into a lengthy bill that the politicians truely hate we can pass the 10 page or less bill
A bill should be, straight to the point.... the length really doesn't matter. Sure, it might suck to read a 2000 page bill. Yet, this is their job!
It's a complex world, with many implications set forth when a bill is passed. There are seemingly an infinite amount of interpretations, contrary to any efforts to avoid this. If the length of a bill must be 1000+ pages, it usually reflects the complexity of what is being addressed. If it takes a 1000+ page bill to get the job done, then that's what it takes. There's no playing some escapist card, suggesting that... "Oh, it's just too much to read!"... get outta here! Do your job!
Originally posted by VforVendettea
A bill should be short and to the point.
They hide so much pork in those bills that none of the congress read them anymore than you read the terms and conditions before you click 'agree'.
Obamacare was over 2000 pages long and we know that nightmare that was.
We could make it an object lesson, create a lengthy bill and hide in it that all politicians and government workers will allow themselves to be tracked and recorded 24/7 on websites that can be accessed 24/7 by any taxpayer.
This was just an example but if we put something into a lengthy bill that the politicians truely hate we can pass the 10 page or less bill
Originally posted by groingrinder
The reason bills are so long is they are written by lawyers. We have to stop electing lawyers and start electing men who have sweat on their brow and calluses on their hands.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by VforVendettea
I don't understand why people are afraid of details...why would people rather have short bills with no specifics???
2000 pages isn't a lot to read when your entire job is to read bills...2000 pages isn't a lot to read for anyone who is interested in it.
I really don't understand why people have this fear of long bills.
Originally posted by links234
reply to post by groingrinder
You want simplicity in a complicated world.