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kimixa • yesterday at 6:17 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

And by doing so you have immediately excluded anyone who doesn't have an army of lawyers on the payroll from politics. And massively benefitted the incumbent, an icumbant who has, I should remind you, repeatedly stated they would reject any bill out of hand based on the party it was proposed by rather than any contents. The idea that everyone even considered for politics must have an entire, complete government apparatus ready to slot in with zero warning is crazy - it's why public offices come with funding and staff.

I do somewhat wonder if people's opinions about this would survive the current incumbent changing. From previous experience, I have my doubts.

> They don’t. They’re introduced all the time and then edited and revised.

Trying to claim that revising a bill based on feedback is the same as "no need to consider those specifics yet" is crazy to me.