“Just put in in the garage.” Or closet. Or wherever. A good rule of thumb when it comes to house space, yard size, scheduling, and more is that people tend to fill the amount of space they have. If you buy a house with an extra bedroom, suddenly you’ll “need” to buy furniture for that room, even if no one ever uses it.
The same thing happens in the Colorado legislature. Lawmakers cram the session with as many bills as they can. If the session were longer, they’d just fill it with more bills. I think we should shorten the session precisely to encourage legislators to pick their battles more carefully.
You can see why Progressives would want the session to be longer, maybe even all year. Progressives think you have a right to run your own life when it comes to who you have sex with and whether you get an abortion. Sometimes these days they also think you have the right to consume whatever substances you want. That marks a shift; alcohol prohibition was a Progressive cause.
See the full article by Ari Armstrong, May 17, 2022