StreetScooby 5 #1 August 3, 2012 From this article: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_HEALTH_CARE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-02-15-56-44 Quote Shulman responded that IRS lawyers "look at the statute and come up with the best interpretation." Is it reasonable to expect Congress to pass laws that are unambiguous? It's seem Democrats specialize in ambiguous laws, especially this administration. Talk about uncertainty for businesses!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #2 August 3, 2012 >Is it reasonable to expect Congress to pass laws that are unambiguous? If they did, we wouldn't need a court system. (From the amount the courts have been used to interpret laws, though, there have been an awful lot of ambiguous laws over the years.) Keep in mind that "less ambiguous" often means "stricter." Do you really want stricter environmental, gun, tax etc laws? In some cases that might make sense; in others the ambiguity gives enforcement agencies the power to enforce the meaning rather than the letter of the law (although that has the potential for abuse.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #3 August 3, 2012 Quote If they did, we wouldn't need a court system. (From the amount the courts have been used to interpret laws, though, there have been an awful lot of ambiguous laws over the years.) Fair point, re: the court system. I wonder how many times Glass-Steagall was taken to court?We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
