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When did this grouping of unrelated things in bills start? It seems so slimy.
by pcdoodle 2y ago
When did this grouping of unrelated things in bills start? It seems so slimy.
- galdosdi 2y agoIt's not slimy, it's called normal compromise, and it's been a basic building block of politics for thousands of years, but is often seen as slimy by people who are naive about it. If you and I are arguing and I want X and you want Y, and can only afford one, a logical compromise is to have half of X and half of Y. That's what combined bills basically do -- package together unrelated things, which seperately, would have to be voted down, because the reds would vote down X by a slight margin, the blues would vote down Y by a slight margin, and nothing would ever really get done if you kept issues unbundled -- but by bundling you are able to achieve GETTING THINGS DONE THROUGH COMPROMISE For more information, take a basic high school course on government and politics, or read some history eg https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Government-Politics-Prep-Plus/dp/1506266096 https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Government-Politics-Prep-Plus/dp/...
- beretguy 2y agoChina forced Apple to remove WhatsApp and Threads because they don’t allow China to spy on its people https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40083409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40083409 TikTok spies in US citizens and somehow you feel that it’s slimy to block it?
- op00to 2y agoYou mean like giving Alexander Hamilton the central bank if the US capital moved to Virginia?