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Lawyers and Politicians

Byhenry February 3, 2017

We like to hate lawyers, but the real problem with our laws is that they are written by politicians.

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Byhenry March 2, 2006
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Political Purity and Small Political Parties
Byhenry March 26, 2008
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2 Comments

Brian says:

February 3, 2017 at 7:29 pm

But most of our politicians ARE lawyers or went to law school.

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1. Henry Neufeld says:
  
  February 3, 2017 at 8:11 pm
  
  Yes, but when practicing as a politician, they think differently. They write a law so people will support their vote for it, then practicing lawyers have to interpret them. Even if the same person did both it would be like two different people!
  
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