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SageDave1 commented on the word congressese
The use of unnecessary language to create federal or state legislation to achieve the maximum confusion, except
a) when such states demand "plain language Legislation: in their own statutes;
b) when a legislator has equi-amounts of brains and sense;
c) someone makes a dumb mistake and writes in English.
December 23, 2012