Comments on: What’s in a Bill Name?

By: namaste girl

namaste girl — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:56:21 +0000

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

By: Chris Kindle

Chris Kindle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:08:33 +0000

Just came across your blog on Google. Interesting post, you bring up a few good things to think about. Good luck with the blog.

By: Bailout Bill Fails! « It’s Your Government

Bailout Bill Fails! « It’s Your Government — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:10:20 +0000

[...] 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 … [...]

By: Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:34:15 +0000

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?

By: arman

arman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:01 +0000

Thank you for the laugh, I needed that.