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What is it with all these proposed Acts these days having silly acronymized names? PATRIOT? CLEAN-UP? It's government, people, not marketing.

Date: Apr. 22nd, 2004 01:29 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] digitalsidhe.livejournal.com
I was mulling this "craze" about a month ago, and decided that if I were a legislator, I'd make it very clear that I would consider any bill with a cutesy name - either a silly acronym (like "the RAVE act" or "the CLEAN-UP bill") or one named after a person or people ("Megan's Law", "Scott and Laci's bill") - to be extremely suspect at best.

Not that I would never possibly vote for it, but that it would have to overcome a significant hurdle.

Date: Apr. 22nd, 2004 09:17 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] twopiearr.livejournal.com
But legislators don't vote for what they believe, do they? They vote for what they think will get them either a) reelected or b) a position of more influence within their little segment of the political biosphere. Or, best of all worlds, c) all of the above.

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