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."