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To: markomalley

They call it “comprehensive” reform yet the bill is 1200 pages long. Probably not that easy to comprehend.


4 posted on 06/29/2013 7:04:38 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: VerySadAmerican
They call it “comprehensive” reform yet the bill is 1200 pages long. Probably not that easy to comprehend.

Comprehensive, yes (especially the first half of definition 2). Comprehensible is not the goal.

com·pre·hen·sive
/ˌkämpriˈhensiv/
Adjective
1.Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something: "a comprehensive list of sources".
2.Of large content or scope; wide-ranging.

com·pre·hen·si·ble
/ˌkämpriˈhensəbəl/
Adjective
Able to be understood; intelligible.

Synonyms: understandable - intelligible - apprehensible - clear

86 posted on 06/29/2013 9:22:35 PM PDT by Gil4 (Progressives - Trying to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand since 1848)
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