Pelosi Amendment
Thoughts on my newly proposed amendment? Obviously it would need to be "lawyered up" I guess, but I prefer the simplicity myself...
Any vote of “yea” by a U.S. Senator or Congressman for the passage of a law affecting any U.S. Citizen shall be understood to be an agreement of the following: 1- I have fully read, understand and agree to every word of the bill for which I am favorably voting. 2- I agree that my “yea” vote is simultaneously a proclamation of swearing under oath to the same, punishable by all applicable federal perjury laws. 3- I agree to be bound the same as every citizen to the rules, privileges, limitations, and consequences of the entire law for which I am favorably voting.
Any vote of “yea” by a U.S. Senator or Congressman for the passage of a law affecting any U.S. Citizen shall be understood to be an agreement of the following: 1- I have fully read, understand and agree to every word of the bill for which I am favorably voting. 2- I agree that my “yea” vote is simultaneously a proclamation of swearing under oath to the same, punishable by all applicable federal perjury laws. 3- I agree to be bound the same as every citizen to the rules, privileges, limitations, and consequences of the entire law for which I am favorably voting.
She probably thinks there are 57 states just because so sayeth O the Great and Powerful~well, that's what the dipstick was at the time.
0 the Great did not imply 57 states. Let's get the story straight. Here's his actual statement that I had transcribed from the video of his blather:
“I’ve now been in fifty-seven states, I think one left to go—one left to go, Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”
So that's 57 states + 1 left to go + Alaska + Hawaii, which the staff wouldn't justify.
Don’t believe a ketchup myth. It was never 57 states. It was 60 states!
Sixty.
I heard of a "read the bill bill" that was proposed by a Republican representative shortly after the unaffordable for producers Affordable Healthcare Act was passed, but that was a quaint concept that could only go quietly into the night during the O'Dummer n' Dummer Regime. :
Your assessment of Pelosi's quote is my sentiment exactly.
I didn't hear about the read the bill bill, but I am surprised it didn't get the attention it deserves! I have been hearing lately about how the repeal is going to take some time, so I have just been lamenting...
The legislative and judiciary elements of the Jackass Party is out to obstruct everything and anything he tries to accomplish.
Meanwhile, the lefty mainstream media is seeking when not inventing any chink in armor to thrust a dagger into.
They won't be going away any time soon.
Resist them any way you can.
The leftist media and democrats are filling their pants . They will pollute the air with the stench.
The more they panic, affirms the improvements
Ahead.
if passed and ratified, it would probably be ignored,
as much of our Constitution is anyway.
I have been watching from afar what is happening to this country and Ayn was correct:
This country has been divided into "groups" with "group think" prevailing over individualism and principled thinking and "whoever has the biggest gang wins" is the mantra of the left.
I still like the concept that all laws are social experiments, and they should have a criteria (outcome) they must satisfy in the future agreed to as part of the law, or they become void.
For example, welfare, should improve the life of poor people, and if done properly, reduce the number of poor people. Clearly neither has happened, and we have ever-increasing roles on welfare. Therefore, it doesn't work. On and on.
What law has already been tested? There is no "control" to compare the experiment to.
Charity is an entirely different premise. As long as you are not a mooching A-hole, then someone is bound to help you out in a time of unforeseen string of bad circumstances. If there was no welfare, and charity was more relied upon, people would be much nicer.
Is there any way the stimulus could not be viewed as a complete failure under this measure?
Logic itself could have predetermined that the stimulus would fail. Bush did us no favors starting down that road that Obama continued on gleefully. It once again was Welfare. If a business is failing, then generally all they need is money. If they can't acquire a loan and no one will buy stock, then that means that nobody cares if that business stays in business. Why should the tax payers have to pay for the mistakes of so-called businessmen?
My point is that an ethical litmus test should be applied to every law/stimulus/war/etc BEFORE it is implemented. It is not rocket surgery to determine whether or not a "government program" will work. Generally, assume it will not.
The reason I like this approach is that all laws become temporary.
You and I totally agree on the desired outcome. I argue for this particular measure (and like yours as well) because it will drive behaviors to limit government.
I liken it to playing a game of Monopoly. When I start the game, I fully understand the rules, whether I like them or not. When someone starts getting beat they might try to say, "hey, let's change a rule to this instead" to prolong the game. (Not that Monopoly needs prolonging, but you get my point). In our society, government does not like winners and losers. They want everyone to continue to play the game until death. Whenever someone gets ahead, they change the rules. You can plan for stability, you can't plan for constantly changing laws.
Your ideas helped me think through mine better as well. Ditto.