“So what is so difficult about keeping an eye on federal politicians? “
I don’t have the time or the inclination to pore over pieces of 2000+ page legislation to see if/where anything devious is hidden within.
I ought to be able to go about my life without waking up to find that half of my gun collection is now illegal, or that more of my paycheck is being looted to give to people I wouldn’t allow in my house. /rant
On one hand, I hear you.
Otherwise, probably most of us are guilty of not heeding Jeffersons following warning.
”Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
I have been there.