Comments on: What’s in a Bill Name? http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/ Ron Paul is America's leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, sound money, and a pro-American foreign policy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: namaste girlhttp://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/comment-page-1/#comment-26465 namaste girl Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:56:21 +0000 http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=139#comment-26465 It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

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]]> By: Chris Kindlehttp://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/comment-page-1/#comment-13727 Chris Kindle Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:08:33 +0000 http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=139#comment-13727 Just came across your blog on Google. Interesting post, you bring up a few good things to think about. Good luck with the blog. Just came across your blog on Google. Interesting post, you bring up a few good things to think about. Good luck with the blog.

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]]> By: Bailout Bill Fails! « It’s Your Governmenthttp://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 Bailout Bill Fails! « It’s Your Government Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:10:20 +0000 http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=139#comment-6347 [...] Ron Paul has an interesting and funny article about Bill names. If one only paid attention to bill titles, one could happily vote for almost any bill put to a vote on the floor. Titles do not tell the complete story of a bill’s provisions, and many titles are downright deceptive and come close to emotional blackmail of legislators. But we cannot afford to be fooled by fancy titles. The housing bill could perhaps be more aptly named The Big Banking Bailout at Taxpayer Expense Act … [...] [...] Ron Paul has an interesting and funny article about Bill names. If one only paid attention to bill titles, one could happily vote for almost any bill put to a vote on the floor. Titles do not tell the complete story of a bill’s provisions, and many titles are downright deceptive and come close to emotional blackmail of legislators. But we cannot afford to be fooled by fancy titles. The housing bill could perhaps be more aptly named The Big Banking Bailout at Taxpayer Expense Act … [...]

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]]> By: Jon Andersonhttp://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4634 Jon Anderson Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:34:15 +0000 http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=139#comment-4634 This article gave me an idea. What if we flip the hypothetical situation Dr. Paul suggests? Instead of making the bills do exactly what their titles say they do, what if an organization was set up to title the bills in a way that represents what the intention of the bill appears to be such as the housing bill example also included in the article? This article gave me an idea. What if we flip the hypothetical situation Dr. Paul suggests? Instead of making the bills do exactly what their titles say they do, what if an organization was set up to title the bills in a way that represents what the intention of the bill appears to be such as the housing bill example also included in the article?

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]]> By: armanhttp://www.ronpaul.com/2008-08-12/whats-in-a-bill-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 arman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:01 +0000 http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=139#comment-4474 Thank you for the laugh, I needed that. Thank you for the laugh, I needed that.

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