Lobby Dosser wrote:


The lobbyists are the experts on directing public money to private
use.

True. But mostly lobbyists direct their attention to keeping the government
at bay. Resisting regulation is their main effort.

If the ramifications of pending legislation cannot be understood
by any reasonably intelligent taxpayer, the legislation should not be
passed. We have far too much legislation and far too little service.

You make a good point, but legislation is writting in "legislation language"
which is absolutely unintelligible to the lay person.

For example, once past the prologue of the recent health care act, we get
into the "meat" of the bill. To wit:

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(c) ELIGIBILITY.-For purposes of this section, the term ''eligible
individual'' means an individual-
(1) who-
(A) is not eligible for-
(i) benefits under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act; or
(ii) coverage under an employment-based health plan (not including coverage
under a COBRA continuation provision, as defined in section 107(d)(1)); and
(B) who-
(i) is an eligible individual under section 2741(b) of the Public Health
Service Act; or
(ii) is medically eligible for the program by virtue of being an individual
described in subsection (d) at any time during the 6-month period ending on
the date the individual applies for high-risk pool
coverage under this section;
(2) who is the spouse or dependent of an individual who is described in
paragraph (1); or
(3) who has not had health insurance coverage or coverage under an
employment-based health plan for at least the 6-month period immediately
preceding the date of the individual's application for high-risk pool
coverage under this section.

For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii), a person who is in a waiting period as
defined in section 2701(b)(4) of the Public Health Service Act shall not be
considered to be eligible for coverage under an employment-based health
plan.

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To the government factotum, this reads like a recipe for fudge brownies. To
the uninitiated, it's gibberish.