Monday, August 17, 2009

Stuff like this just crushes my optimism, as far as goverment goes.

"First, we kill all the lawyers..."

Who but the most wonky of politicos could follow this nonsense?

Hit & Run > Why "Reading the Bill" Won't Matter - Reason Magazine:
"USA Today notes that even forcing legislators to read the health care legislation in the House probably wouldn't do much good. The bill is so bogged down with bureaucrat-eze, few of them are likely to understand it.

Take the opening lines of one of the bill's most controversial sections, the one about voluntary "end of life" counseling:

"SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION. (a) Medicare. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended — (A) in subsection (s)(2) — (i) by striking 'and' at the end of subparagraph (DD); (ii) by adding 'and' at the end of subparagraph (EE); and (iii) adding at the end the following new subparagraph: '(FF) advance care planning consultation (as defined in subsection (hhh)(1) … "

...As it stands, we're left with the few politicians who helped craft the bill saying, "Just trust us."

That rarely works out well."

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