CONSTANCE L. RICE

At the time there were tax breaks for large yachts but not for small boats that a middle class person might own. It was another example of the tax laws at the time where the poor paid only Social Security taxes, and the rich lobbied for an got very large tax breaks and subsidies and hence the burden was carried by an increasingly stressed middle class .and by cuts in services to the needy. The companies that made the yachts also supported the tax breaks as did the unions and workers in the industry. . See {624984}. .

Many proposed laws or laws themselves are so poorly written that not only are they impossible for the average person to underatnad, but often trained attorneys cannot understand them. Sometimes the people who have to enforce the law do not understand it. Then when cases reach the courts, they do the best that they can, but often it is impossible to follow “Congressional Intent.” In many cases most of the members of Congress who vote on bills cannot understand the language and every member of Congress has admitted that he/she has voted on legislation that they themselves could not understand all of the language. The same problem often exists with government rules and regulations. There are times that the only people who understand the legislation are the lobbyists who drafted the law originally and used a member of Congress who they paid with campaign contributions or perks to introduce and sponsor the legislation.

Many proposed laws or laws themselves are so poorly written that not only are they impossible for the average person to underatnad, but often trained attorneys cannot understand them. Sometimes the people who have to enforce the law do not understand it. Then when cases reach the courts, they do the best that they can, but often it is impossible to follow “Congressional Intent.” In many cases most of the members of Congress who vote on bills cannot understand the language and every member of Congress has admitted that he/she has voted on legislation that they themselves could not understand all of the language. The same problem often exists with government rules and regulations. There are times that the only people who understand the legislation are the lobbyists who drafted the law originally and used a member of Congress who they paid with campaign contributions or perks to introduce and sponsor the legislation.

At the time there were tax breaks for large yachts but not for small boats that a middle class person might own. It was another example of the tax laws at the time where the poor paid only Social Security taxes, and the rich lobbied for an got very large tax breaks and subsidies and hence the burden was carried by an increasingly stressed middle class .and by cuts in services to the needy. The companies that made the yachts also supported the tax breaks as did the unions and workers in the industry. . See {624984}. .