I explain once, I get no substance. I explain a second time with even more detail, I get called a jizzbag, I explain a third time with bewilderment, and see, yet again, the same incredibly baseless comments. This is like a blind backseat driver complaining about the driver's performance because he feels some bumps.
Of course it affects Americans, and of course in some vague terms, this is their job, but until anyone, I repeat, anyone, tries to dramatically alter the inner workings of the entire United States government with hardly any ill effects, I would congratulate them for accomplishing the nearly impossible and consider them a political demi-God.
Until then, I will flat out say this: the suggestion is such a bad idea, that it nearly floors me to think that after considerable time addressing individual concerns, the same naive statements or insinuations keep coming out: "It's their job", "I elected you", and my personal favorite, "there is no such thing as too much paperwork". The only thing that interested me, in this entire thread, has been the idea of a new writing style, but when I prod for a little more explanation, it's as if the whole discussion ended with "stop the legal language that no one understands". How would we do that? What consequences would result from trying to design a system of language? How long would it take to come up with that system? Would there be any consequences that would follow with legislation in a less wordy, more common language?
Until there is a lot more substantive discussion, I'm calling it absolutely naive to suggest that we could accomplish this.