Laws are being voted on by people who don't read them

By Guest Column Gerald Manegold —— Bio and Archives March 16, 2015

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If anyone still questions how the government operates, you only have to look as far as the "Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking" bill.

Here's the story. It was a Democrat sponsored 68-page bill. Why does this require 68 pages? We need clean and simple proposals. Anyway, Republicans added to the bill so that money provided to these victims could not be used for abortions. Now Dems are whining that they didn't realize it was in there until the bill was passed. Bingo. There you have it. Laws are being voted on by people who don't read them. Amazingly, they admit this. I'm not sure who is dumber in this situation, the Congressmen who pass things they haven't read or the public who allows the practice. Gerald Manegold North Port, FL