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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I don't think really strange is the best way to describe it.
I'd say really unethical.
And it happens with virtually every piece of legislation and justified in the name of 'compromise'.
The practice is one of the ugliest parts of present day American government and I'd love to see it stopped.
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I'm no expert, but my guess is it's far from unique to the American system. I'm not sure what the answer is, but the system as it is right now is clearly broken. Legislation is not written by legislators but frequently by lobby groups--and passed late at night without lawmakers being given a chance to review bills that are sometimes hundreds of pages long. Often, as I understand it, members vote for pork-barrel projects that they don't even know are in the bills that they're voting for.