[T]he bill’s magisterial proclamation that the Independent Medicare Advisory Board can only be abolished by a two-thirds vote of the Senate strikes at one of the most basic principles of a free society – that no parliament can bind its successors.
What's all this carping about little constitutional peccadilloes? Get on with the program, willya, Herr Rot?
No, it's not treason -- just the weak spot of any democratic system. Remember, Rot, we are all fallen creatures. We're still paying for Cain's dastardly deed. It's all Cain's fault.
[T]he bill’s magisterial proclamation that the Independent Medicare Advisory Board can only be abolished by a two-thirds vote of the Senate strikes at one of the most basic principles of a free society – that no parliament can bind its successors.
ReplyDeleteWhat's all this carping about little constitutional peccadilloes? Get on with the program, willya, Herr Rot?
It's all treason, Tecs. Article $n$, 'graf $m$.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not treason -- just the weak spot of any democratic system. Remember, Rot, we are all fallen creatures. We're still paying for Cain's dastardly deed. It's all Cain's fault.
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