Comprehensive=Do Nothing

Anyone else ever noticed that when Republican politicians, as well as a few Democrats, use the word "comprehensive" as an adjective before a proposal, that the proposal usually ends up either, dead at the bottom of a pile, or lost during a Friday news dump, or ends up anything BUT "comprehensive"?

Think about it. "Comprehensive" prescription drug benefit bill. "Comprehensive" ethics reform. "Comprehensive" immigration reform. "Comprehensive" health coverage reform, "comprehensive" plan for ending the "insurgency", etc........

It is pol-speak for, "if we use THAT term, it can always be an excuse for not getting it done, because although we COULD do SOMETHING...it won't be 'COMPREHENSIVE' enough."

And if they say, "we'll get SOME kind of bill, even if it isn't as adequate as we might like", it puts pressure on them to do SOMETHING that they really have no stomach for in the first place.

If you haven't noticed this before, start paying attention to how many times you hear the word, and what happens to those efforts that have it placed in front of them.

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