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July 19, 2005
New laws will change your life, if .....
As I said in class, I brought in this article because it referred to some of the articles we had discussed earlier in class, and also when I saw the data that more 5,300 bills were introduced, and only 170 were agreed upon. This was also after we had discussed the partial government shutdown and how unnecessary that really way.
If you read all of the details in this article, you can maybe see why we had to have a partial shut down. Many of the bills are really not, or should not, be necessary for the government to discuss, in my opinion of course. The most ridiculous one I read was that "if you are a kid with an attitude problem, the state wants to set you straight. The new education law urges teachers to promote attentiveness, truthfulness, respect for authority, diligence, gratefulness and patience." So ... you're telling me that these are currently NOT being taught in the classroom (in addition to at home)? Well, that may explain some things going on in society.
And do we really need to know that if you are 'having a romantic interlude in a hot tub on your rental houseboat
As Clancy mentioned, it is fun the way the article itself is written, and of course makes for an easy read.
To read about, how a bill becomes a law in Minnesota, follow this link to the Minnesota State Legislature website: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/howbill.asp
It shows some examples but also the specific steps needed to go from an idea to the Governor. Also on this website, you can see a list of the proposed bills which includes the body of government, status of the bill, a summary and a long description of each bill.
For your reading enjoyment ....