Commentary
Most of us barely paid attention last week when Congress, entirely under the control of one party, passed two huge pieces of legislation with a price tag of $730 billion. We get the headlines—transition to green energy and support chip manufacturing—but not the details simply because they are too voluminous.
Members of Congress do not read the bills because they are too long but neither do reporters on deadlines. Votes turn entirely on benefits dolled out to particular interest groups represented by the politician in question. As a result, we are left mostly in the dark about what these people are actually doing with our money….