Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on GETTR: Almost 3,000 pages of more stupidity that we’re supposed to vote on anytime now, and nobody has read it. The so called "America Competes Act" that should really be called the America CONCEDES Act.

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[–]jerkwad152 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

The only real way to put a stop to shit like this is for House and Senate both to require that any bill up for a vote be read aloud in its entirety.

[–]AXXA[S] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I agree. As it is right now, Congress is just a rubber stamp for lobbyists.

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In a way it makes sense, the laws require diverse expertise the lawmakers don't have. And the people who have the best information are in the industry affected. Of course the conflict of interest is obvious. I don't know a good alternative tbh. Have more government experts like Fauci? That also seems problematic.

[–]AXXA[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The only real way to put a stop to shit like this is for House and Senate both to require that any bill up for a vote be read aloud in its entirety.

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I pointed out Strom Thurmond used to read the telephone book for 24hrs back when you had to do that for filibusters. Or if they droned 3k pages over multiple days, you still have the same problem that most people won't know what it says. I mentioned a page limit, to that of a typical novel, 200-300 pages. Still, someone reading 300 pages of a spending bill is probably going to be hard to pay attention to.

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The govt should be out of a lot of stuff it's getting involved in. The other issue, which is really a big one, is that the 6000 outage bill encompasses a ton of stuff. A bill should be readable, one issue max. None of this is it to see what's in it.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a really good idea, also I think they should limit potential lengths to something manageable. If someone can Strom Thurmond a bill like it was a phone book back in the old days of filibustering that shouldn't count. I'd say it should be no longer than an average novel, 250-300 pages.

[–]Tiwaking 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

GETTR looks pretty cool. I should join them

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wish she would keep her big mouth shut and just vote the right way in Congress.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sheeeit, I can speed read, finish several books in marathon sessions, and I wouldn't read 3k pages of a bill.

There are some vital elements, like providing incentives to domestically produce more computer chips.