Mark Steyn has the following post at The Corner at National Review Online:
Arrow collared Mark Steyn
Rich, your Capitol Hill pals should give it up. That last justification ("We have to stick it into this bloated 450-page bill that's got nothing to do with wooden arrows because we're correcting an error from the previous 450-page bill that had nothing to do with wooden arrows") only makes my point - that responsible government is impossible under this system. How many Senators read the bill they voted for or against? And, if they don't, how can our representatives give us the Burkean judgment Peter Robinson was hymning the other day? Instead of one George III, we now have hundreds of George IIIs reliant on swollen retinues of courtiers to fill 'em in on what they're signing off on.
A reader adds:
Not only does wooden arrow tax relief not belong in the Armageddon-Avoidance Act, it actually makes a mockery of the whole premise for the bill in the first place. A week ago I was reluctantly willing to go along with the Armageddon Avoidance Act. But the more these porkers load it up with junk, the less convinced I am that Armageddon was really a threat at all.
Old mantra: When General Motors sneezes, America catches a cold.
New mantra: When Wachovia sneezes, the entire planet catches the ebola virus.
Hmm.
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