2006-06-28 06:55:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
That is the best question I have heard in a long time.
I guess it is for us to think they actually are doing something!
What I hate about a lot of laws they are a reaction to one incident and then they make everyone suffer. They are selectively enforced as well.
There is no such thing as an accident in my state. If you are driving and someone gets killed you have the honor of being charged with Negligent Homicide
I was thinking about Cheney and his shooting another hunter. In my state he would have gone to jail, do not pass go!!
"I'm perfectly comfortable in telling you, our country is one that safeguards human rights and human dignity, and we resolve our disputes in a peaceful way."
—Bush, answering a Russian reporter's question at a Feb. 24 appearance in Bratislava, Slovakia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Source: White House web site, Feb. 24, 2005
2006-06-28 07:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer: widespread corruption
Long answer: those who make the laws are rarely the ones tasked with enforcing them. The sincere ones among them try to make new laws either to achieve what older ones failed to achieve, or else to fill another hole. A lot of laws are made only for show and to embed pork and loopholes. Basically, once you wake up to realize that there is always a struggle between the honest and dishonest, you will be able to answer many such questions yourself.
The cheeky answer to the possibly cheeky question was already given by someone else: people need something to do (and justify their existence or image)
2006-06-28 14:52:31 · answer #2 · answered by Didi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they can appear to be doing something, and whip up support among the electorate, who rarely have any idea what the policy implications of any law actual may be (a good example being the bone-headedness of certain voters initiatives (for example, school funding)).
2006-06-28 13:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by P. M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legislative branch was meant to make laws, while the executive and judicial were meant to enforce them and review them, respectively. Now the executive branch has lost view of its purpose.
2006-06-28 14:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not their jobs to enforce the laws, its their job to make the laws. Thats why we have police officers... aka LAW ENFORCEMENT! HELLO????
2006-06-28 14:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by 2good4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOOD QUESTION!...,MAYBE A SENATOR WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THIS ONE TRUTHFULLY FOR A CHANGE
2006-06-28 18:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by mom of a boy and girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone needs something to do!
2006-06-28 14:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋