It Oughtta Be A Law

It Oughtta Be a Law that any piece of legislation slated to be voted on by either the House or the Senate shall not be longer than 100 pages in length and must be translated into plain American English so that the average American citizen can read, understand and have 30 days to offer their opinions to their representatives before they vote.

This will accomplish several things:
- Our time-strapped elected representatives will finally have the time to read and understand the legislation before casting their vote.

- It will insure that our Government does not radically change significant programs such as health care or social security without doing so in logical steps that can be tested before they are unleashed on the entire populace.

- It will give the people an opportunity to react to legislation that will significantly affect their lives for generations to come.

The Declaration of Independence, that created a unique republic that has offered freedom and prosperity to more people than any nation ever conceived of by man, was written in approximately 1000 words…not 1000 pages. It is also understandable today to the average citizen, despite the fact that the English spoken in 1776 differed considerably from modern-day American English.

It Oughtta Be a Law…

It Oughtta be a Law…that prior to calling for a vote, all proposed legislation must be read aloud by the Senators and Representatives themselves (in turn) over a working public address system on the floor of the House and/or the Senate. Further, each Representative and Senator who intends to cast a vote on such legislation must be present and awake in the room at the time of the reading. C-Span will be requested to tape and broadcast the event as a public service for interested citizens.

This law is necessary because, with the passing of the trillion dollar “stimulus” bill, it has become painfully clear that no Senator or Representative really takes the time to actually know what is in the laws they pass. This is clearly not in the best interests of we, the people.

It Oughtta be a Law…

It Oughtta be a Law…that all elected Officials should be subjected to random audits by the IRS so that every official is audited at least one time every 10 years. The number of audits performed on “ordinary citizens” will be reduced by a number equal to the number of elected officials to be audited each year.

Upon passage of this law, we will be assured that they understand the tax code they have written, understand their obligations under such code, and will be sterling candidates for nomination to cabinet offices once they have retired from the House and the Senate.

It Oughtta be a Law…

It Oughtta be a Law that “developing” nations receiving aid from the United States will be considered to be developing nations for a period not to exceed 20 years. At that point, they will be considered “developed” into whatever they were attempting to develop into and no additional financial aid will be allocated to them.

This law is necessary because U.S. aid money has been stolen, embezzled, skimmed, whatever term you might like to use, for the past 60 years. If all the aid money we’ve donated had gone where it was intended, clearly these nations would be developed by now. This cannot be allowed to continue on the taxpayer dime ad infinitum and ad nauseam.

It Oughtta be a Law…

It Oughta be a Law…that before Congress votes on reforming health care they must cite three Government government social programs that run a surplus. Okay, not a surplus…how about efficiently as documented by a non-partisan group.

It Oughtta be a Law…