On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:31:57 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:30:04 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

do any of you really think that we need a healthcare bill that the
people in charge of producing don't understand?

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54930

Seriously?

Is it surprising? They are writing laws. Plain English is too vague and
filled with too many contradictions. Hell, a misplaced comma can change
the whole meaning, providing loopholes. Most professions have their own
language. I'm sure you have read scientific articles. Understandable?
Only to another scientist, maybe.

Well, that's a good point - I agree to some extent. Some of the stuff
I read looks like worm scratchings to most, but it's understandable to
me. :)

My larger point, and I think it's an important one, is this. We pay
the legislators to write laws. Almost all of them are lawyers. If the
lawyers who write the legislation don't understand the legalesse that
they themselves are responsible for understanding, then what's the
point?

When I fill in at UCONN, the people that hire me expect me to
understand the subject I'm instructing and be able to impart that
information to the students clearly and precisely.

Shouldn't we expect our legislators to do the same?