Our job is to pass legislation, not read it…

I have heard some grumbling about the tendency of Youth Council (and other arms of YRUU) to put off important business until there is no longer enough time or physical/mental ability/stamina to give serious consideration to matters at hand. Buck up guys, you are not alone. It is quite evident this weekend that the US Congress works the same way. Not only did the consideration of the budget (arguably the most important legislation the congress considers) not get taken up until a special weekend session of the lame duck congress, but the “lawmakers” only had one day to consider the over 1000 page bill. That means that no one knows what is in the bill. This goes so far that it appears that no even knows how some provisions, like the grant access of Congressional staff to IRS records, got into the text of the bill. The bill was passed, however, even though it appears that no one even read the bill.