http://theincidentaleconomist.com/the-death-of-legislation/ Economics, Health Policy, Law, Life: Musings of Curious Minds. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/the-death-of-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Austin Frakt Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:58:10 +0000 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/?p=3877#comment-1605 @Jim Burgess - I've been cautioned by a colleague that it isn't 100% dead yet. Nevertheless, if it springs back to a robust life it won't be pretty and all the points about the process remain. It's a helluva a way to run a country. And it is no wonder only a few actually try. @Jim Burgess – I’ve been cautioned by a colleague that it isn’t 100% dead yet. Nevertheless, if it springs back to a robust life it won’t be pretty and all the points about the process remain. It’s a helluva a way to run a country. And it is no wonder only a few actually try.

]]> http://theincidentaleconomist.com/the-death-of-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Jim Burgess Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:49:55 +0000 http://theincidentaleconomist.com/?p=3877#comment-1604 Austin, it is starting to feel like 1993, when I personally was more engaged in the work of putting it together. I do think there are parts of the bill that could garner bipartisan support, but they are so minor as to not really help the next attempt (in 15 years?) to climb this mountain. While I agree that it illustrates downsides of the process, this is 1/6, soon to be 1/5, then 1/4 of the economy. It should be pretty hard to change it fundamentally. Still, it was amazingly close, We/'ll see if there is somewhere to go from here. Austin, it is starting to feel like 1993, when I personally was more engaged in the work of putting it together. I do think there are parts of the bill that could garner bipartisan support, but they are so minor as to not really help the next attempt (in 15 years?) to climb this mountain. While I agree that it illustrates downsides of the process, this is 1/6, soon to be 1/5, then 1/4 of the economy. It should be pretty hard to change it fundamentally. Still, it was amazingly close, We/’ll see if there is somewhere to go from here.

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