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Old 09-12-2005   #41 (permalink)
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That would be a seperate issue, ma'am. All problems cannot be solved in a single law, and such attempts lead to overly-complicated, ill-directed, and easy-to-manipulate legislation.
Well, its actually my whole point. You make simple laws, they have unintended consequences, so you come up with another law, it has an unintended consequence, and so on until you get to the 87th add-on and you've forgotten why the first one was even done and half of them just cancel each other out. I personally think its better to work the details out up front, and think through the consequences. Unfortunately, I do see your point because the "sausage making" process--which these days includes *so* much "we can't do that because the other party is for it!"--ends up with the most incredible dumb-@ss amalgams of garbage, that it sure seems to do more harm than good.

I've never been a politician, but I've been in a homeowner's association and let me tell ya': if your rules are too simple, you're screwed...."Well, no, it doesn't *explicitly* say you can't park your 40 year old piece-o-crap motor home on our street that only has ten parking spaces...."

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Favorite quote of the day from the Roberts Senate hearings:
BIDEN: Only to the office, right? It applies narrowly?
SPECTER: Now, wait a minute. Let him finish his answer, Senator Biden.
BIDEN: His answers are misleading, with all due respect.
SPECTER: Well...They may be misleading, but they are his answers.
Whee! What fun happens inside the Beltway!

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