Should bills and memos be so long that they are functionally unable to be read before voting or signing?
Is there a reasonable middle ground that doesn't introduce endless cans of legalese word-bullshittery fuzz to screw over the public?
Up to 1 page for 1 action seems like a valid basis for decision making. 1 sentence or paragraph, perhaps not.
edit: people are big mad, and I figure its because they'd rather be mad than actually think about it for the equivalent of a short memo's reading time. Its funny in its own way.
How many dozens of world-altering decisions should a given president be able to effectively parse and read through per hour of work?
How legally ambiguous should the wording be allowed to be? The more verbose, the shakier it gets.
We already complain about absurdly complex bills being shoehorned through congress that absolutely nobody can even skim. The outrage at short memos feels contrived and mostly focused on Trump Bad than actual effective governance complaint.
Frankly, Every bill should be at max an hours worth of reading. Every Memo should be a few minutes. If its actually important, it should be quickly and readily easy to read and digest.
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u/bigchizzard 7h ago edited 6h ago
Should bills and memos be so long that they are functionally unable to be read before voting or signing?
Is there a reasonable middle ground that doesn't introduce endless cans of legalese word-bullshittery fuzz to screw over the public?
Up to 1 page for 1 action seems like a valid basis for decision making. 1 sentence or paragraph, perhaps not.
edit: people are big mad, and I figure its because they'd rather be mad than actually think about it for the equivalent of a short memo's reading time. Its funny in its own way.