Your daughter? Interesting but irrelevant. It is an elected representative that has the moral responsibility to READ every bill they pass – and NOT anyone else. If the matter was so well known and vouched for then why did Pelosi say ‘vote for it to find out what’s in it”? Clearly, many didn’t know – and that’s corruption.
My former Congressman told me that not only do they not read bills but those responsible for tax legislation can’t do their own tax returns. Former Senator Moynihan was ridiculed many years ago for trying to make this reading mandatory, as it should be. A few years back, Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution after a court case exposed errors in what their state assembly passed. One representative admitted no one had bothered to read or properly analyze the bill. From my own experience, I know highly placed lawyers make tragic mistakes while daydreaming about their next vacation or mistresses. If a bill is too long, then chop it up. And finally, it is this sloppy, careless lack of attention to responsibility that has made decent healthcare unaffordable – by the whole medical and political system. Consider the abomination of TV commercials for the cancer drug Optivo – which may cost 250K for a full treatment and offer only a few months of survival. A patient cured is a customer lost. Tweaking ACA isn’t nearly enough.
