For those of you who don't know, recently congress enacted a bill that allows the victims of 9/11 to sue the country of Saudi Arabia for any sort of role it may or may not have had in the terrorist plot.
Seems absurd, right? You're not wrong. Just imagine a class action lawsuit of that proportion, with families attempting to sue an entire sovereign state, it's almost inane and completely unprecedented, and yet congress, in all of their charm and wonder, have outdone themselves yet again.
See not only did this bill pass in both The House and The Senate but after it was subsequently vetoed by President Obama, both branches of congress then overrode the veto by sweeping majorities, enacting the bill into law. With an adamant persistence, it is passed. One would think our legislators had some sort of meritorious reasoning to back it.
But as always, that's not the case. See, with the impending election drawing near, congressmen and women didn't want to seem opposed to the interests of 9/11 victims looking to heal from the greatest tragedy in American history, as it would surely cost them their coveted position of power. Hence, rather than following their intuition telling them that by setting this precedent the United States opens the door to lawsuits against itself from many individuals all over the world, which could ultimately have dire consequences on the American economy, they passed a law they knew would not eventually be in the best interest of the nation they're charged with managing, in hopes of securing their respective authority.
A legislature is supposed to pass laws for the greater good of its constituents, and yet all too often instances like this arise where rather than creating and passing bills to benefit the people and national interests, Congress drafts and enacts laws that will get them reelected.
This is the fundamental issue surrounding our politics. It explains why politicians always seem to "switch up" their ideas and beliefs; they're merely reacting to a change in popular consensus so as to appeal to the masses and get elected. It accounts for why serious issues such as the social security are never even touched upon, for an attempt to amend such problems could cost them their job.
It makes us wonder why we even have politicians to govern us at all. Their sole duty is to do what's best for their people and yet time and time again they do what's best for their political careers.
So they want to sue Suadi Arabia. Of course, they don't really want to sue them. They're already planning on gutting the bill before it's set into law, but that's after the election of course.
