Lawyers and Politicians
We like to hate lawyers, but the real problem with our laws is that they are written by politicians.
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But most of our politicians ARE lawyers or went to law school.
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!