It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

--James Madison--

HeavyHanded says: The recent bailout bill comes to mind. It went from a 3 page document that Bush sent to Congress, was reworked twice, went form a $700 billion dollar bailout to an $850 billion bailout while ballooning to over 500 pages.