Friday, February 8, 2019
Against the RAINBOWS & UNICORNS Act Resolution of 2019
Washington Examiner
Have you heard about the Rainbows and Unicorns Resolution of 2019? It's all the rage on Capitol Hill. In fact, most of the 2020 presidential contenders are buzzing about it, with many of them signing on as co-sponsors.
The Rainbows and Unicorns Resolution declares the intention of Congress to brighten the sky with magical creatures, thus ending poverty and ushering in a thousand years of world peace. How does it accomplish this feat? Why, by failing to contain any details, that's how! That's the benefit of encasing the Rainbows and Unicorns proposal in a nonbinding resolution instead of an actual law.
If you ever tried to spell out how such a thing would work in minute detail, people would most likely react with mockery. Even worse, they would point to the economy-destroying side effects of your legislation and hold you accountable at the next election. They might also balk at the multitrillion-dollar price tag that the Congressional Budget Office would attach to it. But as long as it remains a nonbinding resolution, the CBO won't draw up any estimates of how much the plan will cost, and no one will have to produce any details.
https://www.socio-political-journal.com/2019/02/against-rainbows-unicorns-act.html
