This is in response to this CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/04/health.care.explainer/index.html
Yes, we want to dot all our i's and cross all our t's, but how much is enough? There is no doubt in my mind that our lawmakers are extremely busy people, and with multiple thousand page bills floating around the office, and others in the works, alongside multiple meetings and hearings, not to mention the wife and kids, sleep and time to think, I wonder just how they manage it all? This is assuming they do.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about: http://readthestimulus.org/index.php?doc=hr1final&page=1
How efficient is this bill? Was it even meant for a human to read? According to the CNN article above, the senators often refer to summaries, which doesn't seem to be a problem, until you ask yourself just what does the summary leave out? The formalities and the legal jargon or the details?
Why write something everyone has to follow in such a choppy language with tedious details enumerated that don't directly relate to what the bill is designed to do? Why would a law need to be translated? There is no point. Efficient communication is the goal, so focus is not lost on what it should not be lost on. Results need to come quicker so more problems can be solved.
Here's a challenge to our lawmakers: Rethink the way law is written. Society's goal is create a common law by which all its citizens can understand and follow. If the elected officials can't do this in its entirety, then what does that say for the rest of the citizens whose jobs don't require it?
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