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Wow, is this really what bills in the Netherlands look like? 500 words, half a page? How do we get our govt to stop churning out multi-thousand page piles of p
by bgentry 14y ago
Wow, is this really what bills in the Netherlands look like? 500 words, half a page?
How do we get our govt to stop churning out multi-thousand page piles of pork-barreling instead of simple, straightforward resolutions like this?
- scoot 14y agoCharge politicians by the word for submitted bills?
- speleding 14y agoActually, it's a "motion", a (strong though non-binding) suggestion from the house to the cabinet that they should change the regulations to accommodate the motion. The actual law or laws that will be changed or created are not nearly as pretty. (Although judges here are allowed to pass judgement in the "spirit of the law" rather than taking the text literally, so there is less of an incentive to get every little detail nailed down on paper)
- eru 14y agoThe US constitution isn't too verbose, either. (But you can still see the murky compromises, if you look carefully.)