But let’s not lose sight of the fact that any time a person votes in favor of a bill, it should have been read first.

Gross government waste or violations routinely come about when the bills are not read. Witness: Bush Bailout, Stimulus Package, Patriot Act.

I don’t care what Party a person belongs to. If a lawmaker is going to vote in favor of the bill, that person has a moral and fiduciary responsibility to read and thoroughly analyze the bill. This applies to any bill, not just the healthcare bill.

Competent deliberation is not possible if no one has read the bill. Read it. Understand it. Have a fine-tuning debate about it. Make the healthcare or any bill as good as it can be.

We’ve already had enough slipshod laws passed over the last decade. Let’s get some good ones passed now.

Jerrol LeBaron
Executive Director
Honor In Office
http://www.HonorInOffice.org