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I don't agree with the premise of "Democrat run companies", but I agree with the cynicism about whether Democratic politicians want to succeed or whether it's t
by vba616 5y ago
I don't agree with the premise of "Democrat run companies", but I agree with the cynicism about whether Democratic politicians want to succeed or whether it's theater.
A pattern I've noticed, not limited to one party, is that laws are (in at least some cases I've read) written in two parts.
The first part is a political statement about why the law is necessary and what it does.
The second part states the actual law and provides precise definitions of terms.
The trick, I believe, (based on observation and not a legal education) is that the public and the media focuses on the first part, but that has no legal weight and can be (is) completely unrelated to the actual law.
For instance, one could write a law in which it is explained that it is necessary to stop Martians from poisoning our aquifers by banning methane powered rockets. And everybody will be arguing about how this will affect Elon Musk and whether Martians are real and so on.
But then the actual law can be, say, raising the gas tax by 0.25%. And nobody will notice!
I'm not giving real examples because people would get mad, but I've seen this sort of thing from Democrats and Republicans, both laws and executive orders.