Comments on: What really is a “1000 page bill”? http://www.saketvora.com/2009/08/05/what-really-is-a-1000-page-bill/ there's always a siren, steering you to shipwreck... Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The NonSequitur » The long argument http://www.saketvora.com/2009/08/05/what-really-is-a-1000-page-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17170 The NonSequitur » The long argument Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.saketvora.com/?p=969#comment-17170 [...] not passed, everyone would know that any proposal so sketchy and incomplete never had a chance. As for the "long" argument:So I did some number crunching. I threw all my old Technician newspaper columns into Word, removed [...] [...] not passed, everyone would know that any proposal so sketchy and incomplete never had a chance. As for the "long" argument:So I did some number crunching. I threw all my old Technician newspaper columns into Word, removed [...]

]]> By: mary http://www.saketvora.com/2009/08/05/what-really-is-a-1000-page-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-16186 mary Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:53 +0000 http://www.saketvora.com/?p=969#comment-16186 I see your point about the length, but if you look at the language that it's written in, that makes it seem that it will take at least twice as long to read as any of your examples, even if it is the same number of pages. I think there's something to be said for demanding that our congressional representatives construct a bill that's written in such a way (language and length) that citizens have at least a chance of understanding, and that representatives have at least a chance at being able to read (much less understand!) before they vote on it. The idea of what could be hidden in even 50 pages of the kind of gobbledy gook you show is frankly pretty terrifying to me. I see your point about the length, but if you look at the language that it’s written in, that makes it seem that it will take at least twice as long to read as any of your examples, even if it is the same number of pages.

I think there’s something to be said for demanding that our congressional representatives construct a bill that’s written in such a way (language and length) that citizens have at least a chance of understanding, and that representatives have at least a chance at being able to read (much less understand!) before they vote on it. The idea of what could be hidden in even 50 pages of the kind of gobbledy gook you show is frankly pretty terrifying to me.

]]> By: Donny http://www.saketvora.com/2009/08/05/what-really-is-a-1000-page-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-16139 Donny Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:36:26 +0000 http://www.saketvora.com/?p=969#comment-16139 nice analysis Saket. I had to read through some train legislation this past winter. It's not easy making it through. nice analysis Saket. I had to read through some train legislation this past winter. It’s not easy making it through.

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