Back in those far off fields of 2018 when I was still a lib I would see people say "we gotta stop them tacking shit on to bills" and the response always was "a lot of those things are good, little bribes to get votes. It's basically the only way anything good ever gets voted through. If every vote was single issue nothing would ever get done."
I've never bothered to see if that was actually true or not, but if it is it follows that a lot of those little amendments must be bad shit too. And also nothing was getting done anyway, so I don't see why there shouldn't be single issue voting.
I mean it's true insofar as it's a natural part of the politicking in any legislating body. If there were some magical, unambiguous constitutional amendment that said bills have to have a narrow, clearly defined scope, stuff would still get passed. There just wouldn't be that incentive to hold onto your vote for a rider that serves the interests of your constituents/your fave lobby/yourself.
Back in those far off fields of 2018 when I was still a lib I would see people say "we gotta stop them tacking shit on to bills" and the response always was "a lot of those things are good, little bribes to get votes. It's basically the only way anything good ever gets voted through. If every vote was single issue nothing would ever get done."
I've never bothered to see if that was actually true or not, but if it is it follows that a lot of those little amendments must be bad shit too. And also nothing was getting done anyway, so I don't see why there shouldn't be single issue voting.
I mean it's true insofar as it's a natural part of the politicking in any legislating body. If there were some magical, unambiguous constitutional amendment that said bills have to have a narrow, clearly defined scope, stuff would still get passed. There just wouldn't be that incentive to hold onto your vote for a rider that serves the interests of your constituents/your fave lobby/yourself.