State and/or federal laws to deal with "the next time" is being used as a way to distract from the present.
In personal finance terms, it's ignoring the past due bill while promising to pay the next one that comes in. In production quality terms, it's fixing the cause of the problem but not containing the defective product that is in the stream of commerce. In moral terms, it's dereliction of duty, not called out.
-- our nation is terminally ill with moral dry rot. --
I agree. I see it in what should be reliable institutions. In 2008, SCOTUS says "Miller was convicted" but the Miller case says "Miller's indictment was quashed and he was never tried." Congress is rotten, the courts are rotten, and the president is rotten. The people are in the dark, and unless it hits their comfort, they are indifferent.
The country is dead to me. I'm working with my family.
The people are in the dark,
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The hearts of the people are dark.