The Urgent Need for Reform in Government Policy-Making

     Clearly, government policy-making is a complicated and critical aspect of a resident's lives, obvious in every facet of day-to-day activities. As such, it is strange that many people today have no sufficient idea of the intricate workings of the very institutions that so profoundly affect them. Despite a required course in government for most, it is an undeniable and widespread understanding that the majority of the populace knows virtually nothing about how the system works. Every year, dozens of bills are proposed, often going into the thousands of pages detailing extremely technical stipulations and rules. Not even considering the common man, the very representatives whose job it is to read the bills often do not bother reading such frequent and extensive documents. The initial failure of Obamacare is likely the result of such overly complex and and monotonous wording, confounding the constituency and directing criticism to the Obama administration's bureaucratic breakdown. In fact, it appears that the president himself does not completely understand his own namesake bill, thus explaining the number of erroneous statements made. When the leader of a country and the entire staff of the functioning government so resolutely fail, the event speaks volumes to the current state in policy-making. Such a monumental failure cannot be allocated to just one individual, Republican or Democrat. Speaker John Boehner has been likewise derelict in his duties, not even considering a strongly needed Immigrant reform bill, almost certainly due to its similar incredible length. Rather, the government as a whole should work to reform current procedures in writing laws so that, the general public notwithstanding, at least the representatives can understand the legislation being proposed. In this unilateral effort, both parties will benefit and the people will at least be able to get an accurate explanation from their elected representatives, thereby partially solving the incredibly bureaucratic web that pervades all political parties.