Friday, December 02, 2011

Pen and Ink Legislation

Does anyone find it incredible our legislators write and pass bills with hundreds, if not thousands, of pages no one reads and no one understands?  Why?  I think it's the advent of the computer and word processor.  It's a make-work project for hordes of Washington staff busily hammering away at keyboards.
So, I suggest in the future all legislation be hand written with pen and ink.  That way bills will not be so excruciatingly long and complex.  It will encourage the drafters of legislation to be brief, concise and succinct because it will be too painstakingly long to hand write so many pages.  Our forefathers did it.  Just look at the Declaration of Independence.  It says it all on one page.  Then, there's the Constitution one of the greatest documents of all time.  It is hand written on just a few pages.
Besides, it  would require good penmanship which is grossly lacking these days.

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