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It happens for sure in Italy, usually toward the end of the year there is the so called "finanziaria" (which essentially sets up - or should set up - the estima
by jaclaz 5y ago
It happens for sure in Italy, usually toward the end of the year there is the so called "finanziaria" (which essentially sets up - or should set up - the estimation of expenses for next year), where often completely unrelated things are added.
The "twist" is that an article there is likely to be formulated (hypothetical) more as something like:
on the third paragraph of article #x of Law #y of dd/mm/yyyy the sentence "the provision in the preceding art.x is intended to be ..." is replaced with the sentence "the provision in the preceding art.x, as modified by the #nth paragraph of Law #w, article #z, of dd/mm/yyyy is due to be ..."
Which makes it totally not understandable until you also have handy Law #y and Law #z and even then, there are probably another two or threee references to other Laws.
- Aerroon 5y agoWouldn't it be fun if voters would have the ability to ask members of parliament questions about the contents of a bill before it's voted on? Kind of like a mandatory reading test in school. If they're voting on it, they will know the contents of the bill, right?
- whywhywhywhy 5y agoThey're already open an honest about how they don't actually read them.
- Aerroon 5y agoAnd it's understandable that they don't read them - some of these bills are so enormous that it isn't possible for an individual to read all of it in time. But that's not OK. It needs to change.