[mieseratte]

> what freaks me out is that it's almost as if someone planned this.

Why would prior planning freak you out? This is a bit confusing to me.

[teknopurge]

I tend to not give political leadership much credit in that area...(successful planning and execution)

[mieseratte]

Ah, that's interesting. I tend to view political leadership as intelligent, calculating, and manipulative but in service of "greed," that is for their own gain or that of their major donors, as opposed to their voter-constituency.

As such, planning doesn't surprise me but genuinely beneficial legislation does.