And at least one Democratic senator has now been honest enough to say it wouldn’t matter, anyway, because the actual legislative language being hammered out is such indecipherable gibberish that no one could understand it, anyway.
Instead, Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., says committee members are working from a plain-English summary of what’s supposedly in the bill.
“I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life,” Sen. Carper told CNS News correspondent Nicholas Ballasy last week.
Sen. Carper described the type of language in which the actual text of the bill would finally be drafted as “arcane,” “confusing,” “hard stuff to understand,” and “incomprehensible.” He said he’ll read the plain-English version but, “The idea of reading the legislative language, it’s just anyone who says that they can do that and actually get much out of it is trying to pull the wool over our eyes.”
And anyone who says they can pass a good bill working from ”plain-English” summaries rather than the actual language is also pulling the wool over people’s eyes. They literally do not know what they are voting on. Literally.
Here’s a thought: Pass a bill written in plain-English and let people see it before you vote on it. Otherwise, we’re being hustled. The editorial’s closing line is spot on:
And to think some people, this week, are tuning in old Jamie Lee Curtis movies on TV, or visiting Halloween haunted houses for the thrill of spending a few minutes being afraid.
There’s plenty to be afraid of in this newest horror show coming out of Washington. Start calling, folks. This has got to be stopped cold.
Or brace for the sequel.
