{"id":135642,"date":"2017-12-13T12:35:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135642"},"modified":"2017-12-13T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:53:03","slug":"laws-and-sausages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/13\/laws-and-sausages.html","title":{"rendered":"Laws and Sausages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/wist.info\/bismark-otto-von\/18865\/\">Otto von Bismarck didn&#8217;t actually say<\/a>, you shouldn&#8217;t watch either laws or sausages being made. That said, the GOP Tax Cut for the Wealthy Bill&#8217;s process in getting made, remade, reprocessed, compromised, wheeled-and-dealed, etc., is particularly &#8230; sausage-like. Except we&#8217;re all going to be dealing with the heartburn.<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/12\/13\/im-just-a-bill-up-on-capit.html\">BoingBoing<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6499117685920291681\/6499117683356303058\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-KwaKEF2GLOo\/WjGBGWXpftI\/AAAAAAAEnjI\/v1wD76H0en8MPjo2qUqqo2Sc38prpvctwCJoC\/R%2BBolling%2B1367cbCOMIC-school-time-rock-tax-reform-bill.jpg?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/KJBbRuNpA2t\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Otto von Bismarck didn&#8217;t actually say, you shouldn&#8217;t watch either laws or sausages being made. That said, the GOP Tax Cut for the Wealthy Bill&#8217;s process in getting made, remade, reprocessed, compromised, wheeled-and-dealed, etc., is particularly &#8230; sausage-like. Except we&#8217;re all going to be dealing with the heartburn. 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