How to Recognize a Bad Bill

Here is how to recognize bad legislature:

1. When Congress has to bribe, coerce, and threaten to get a bill passed. If it is good for the country then you can just use good old persuasion and logical arguments to convince someone to vote for it. If you can't use logical arguments then you are ignorant of the bill or you are stupid, or both.

2. When Congress exempts themselves from the bill. If they believe the bill is good for the country then there is no reason for them to do this, right?

3. When Congress makes the bill mandatory. If they believe the bill is good for the country then make it optional. If the constituents believe the bill is good then they will voluntary comply with it. If Congress believes in the bill then they can convince the people why they think it is a good bill if they think no-one will comply with it.

4. When no-one not even Washington knows what is in the bill except the person who wrote it. If that person does not know what is in it then we are all in trouble. If you can't explain to me what the details of the bill or give me a reasonable chance to read it then it is way too complex and too big. Sorry, but saying "just trust me, everything will be okay in the end" will not do.

These clues if you think about it are just common sense. ObamaCare definitely fits all these characteristics. So, does Social Security to a certain extent. For a while Congress exempted themselves from the Social Security tax.