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oneeyedpigeon · 2013-07-22 14:12:31+00:00

No, of course it won't, you know that it won't, and your attempt to try to misrepresent the proposed bill by suggesting that it will is petty and dangerous.

cauliflower99 | karma 589 | avg karma 3.64 · | 2023-05-08 17:36:13

If you read the proposed bill, you will see your statement is incorrect.

rglover | karma 5869 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2021-01-01 14:26:22

No, I'm saying that the proposed legislation in its current form is dangerous. This isn't just some temporary mandate, they're looking to make this law.

gph | karma 1792 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2019-05-21 20:24:35+00:00

No it doesn't, that's the whole point of this bill.

romaaeterna | karma 1368 | avg karma 5.49 · | 2019-10-23 10:44:56

I didn't say it would work. I said this is what the Senators are trying to do. We'll see what the final form of the bill looks like.

blhack | karma 24926 | avg karma 6.55 · | 2013-02-26 19:12:06+00:00

There is absolutely no chance that this bill will pass.

Crazy bills championed by people that either don't understand them, or are just posturing are semi-common. Just because it has been proposed, doesn't mean anything.

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isalazar | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2021-02-06 18:21:26+00:00

I certainly hope that you’re right, I am genuinely worried about this stupid bill. Not only for myself, but for my family and friends.

anigbrowl | karma 91010 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2014-08-19 20:05:26

Perhaps, but I don't think it's fair to judge this bill on how legislators might amend it in future, or we'll never pass any laws at all.

jjulius | karma 8474 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2023-03-03 15:34:41

If you wouldn't mind showing where I tried to argue that something "is ok" or tried to justify the proposed bill, that would be great. My intent was simply to highlight a detail that I thought was worth mentioning, and I'm pretty sure I didn't try to argue one way or the other in that post. Hell, if you look further down the comment chain you'll see where I agree that the bill is BS...

Millennium | karma 1139 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2013-02-26 13:41:45

This century has already seen far too many crazy bills pass to just dismiss something like this as having no chance.

dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2020-12-02 22:05:41+00:00

> The question is whether this will ever get through the senate

“Ever” being sharply limited because the current Congress ends in a month and a day.

Also, no, it won't. Nor would it likely be signed into law even if it did.

A similar bill in the next Congress might have better prospects, maybe.

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vkou | karma 14969 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2023-03-30 04:21:27

You're splitting hairs. We're all aware that bills receive multiple readings. The point is that this will be an utterly horrifying piece of legislature, and in any free society, should never even have gotten a first pass in this state.

> so don't be ridiculous saying stuff like this.

I'll stop saying ridiculous stuff when lawmakers stop putting those ridiculous things into their bills.

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WithinReason | karma 9065 | avg karma 5.52 · | 2023-02-24 06:26:26

If yes, I hope that means the bill is unlikely to pass

trollied | karma 4517 | avg karma 4.93 · | 2023-02-24 05:00:34

I don't think the bill will pass in its current form. Can't see it happening.

malermeister | karma 2730 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2024-06-07 12:42:12

This is just a draft though, right? Not actual legislation. So while still worrying, I think your post was inaccurate - it may be the case in the future, if things go poorly. But it isn't the case right now.

wahnfrieden | karma 6701 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2023-03-29 15:50:56

Not what this bill is about. You got tricked by the surrounding rhetoric and you're repeating it like propaganda.

JoshTriplett | karma 44606 | avg karma 4.76 · | 2011-11-16 11:09:12

> the reps asking questions seem legitimately interested in making the bill suck a lot less

That seems like a large part of the problem; they treat it as a foregone conclusion that the bill will pass, perhaps with a bit of tweaking. This bill needs to die. All bills should have the presumption of failure, with a very high bar to get them to pass, not the other way around.

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netcan | karma 15606 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2010-02-24 21:36:11+00:00

I don't think so. He says "this would just allow." Maybe he didn't qualify it with "the unintended consequence of this bill" or similar but its pretty clear what he means.

garmaine | karma 2787 | avg karma 0.77 · | 2021-12-19 12:40:00

You made an automatic assumption that this bill is in the best interests of the masses. That may not be the case.

walshemj | karma 4980 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2017-12-20 11:25:37

it wont as I read it, the bill was only to stop enforced arbitration