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Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're

Acronyms for bills are like the one place where the legislature does inject some humor. Despite my distaste for our government, I gotta hand it to them, they're pretty darn good at coming up with funny acronyms.

exikyut 9y ago
What are some good examples of other places this humor can be found?
- Clubber 9y ago
  PATRIOT act, because taking away hard fought freedoms is patriotic, just like our forefathers wanted.
  - AckSyn 9y ago
    Clearly dark humor, as they were laughing at us when they wrote it.
  - danellis 9y ago
    You mean USA PATRIOT Act.
    - Clubber 9y ago
      Yes, I forgot about the Uniting and Strengthening of America's freedoms part. ;)
- jdoliner 9y ago
  GIF Act of 2015 - Global Internet Freedom Act of 2015. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) Many more available here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/03/364-bills-that-have-been-introduced-in-congress-ranked-by-acronym-quality/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/03/36...
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