tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8984615175432561736..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: More Health Care Tax MischiefWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-86934671446473302462009-08-25T18:53:18.841-04:002009-08-25T18:53:18.841-04:00It should be considered a lie when a government pr...It should be considered a lie when a government presents an explanation for legislation that leaves out important details. Of course, there is not yet an explanation for the healthcare legislation.<br /><br /> The government demands detailed, researched Environmental Impact Statements before starting a building. We should have Official Policy Impact Statements before our representatives change our society.<br /><br />We need proposed results, expected evolution, methods, justifications, comparative studies, past successes of similar policy, funding sources, expected difficulties, the works.<br /><br />I hope people of all parties and positions could agree that this is fundamental. It is non-partisan to demand that the President and all politicians show how they have carefully researched their proposals.<br /><br />It is not our job to read tea leaves and pick apart 1000 page bills written in Old English to figure out what the bills are really saying. The bills are not enough. They are implementation, not coherent policy. We have been directed to look only at the bills as a tactic to make the press and public scratch for the underlying ideas.<br /><br />Did Obama (or any politician) start with such a policy study, or not?<br />If so, then where is it? If not, then he is a fool. And we are fools if we accept legislation without explanation.<br /><br />Is Obama legislating from some scribbles on a cocktail napkin?<br />Does he want to pass just anything, then rearrange it later to do what he wants? <br /><br /><b>Where is the policy paper?</b><br />If they won't answer:<br /><b>OK, so where is the cocktail napkin?</b><br /><br /><b>No Legislation Without Explanation</b><br /><br />A Few Words About Policy<br />http://easyopinionsoutlink.blogspot.com/2009/07/few-words-about-policy.htmlAndrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.com