No, It Wasn’t in Bill’s Handwriting

Can’t understand the new 2,256-page tax bill signed by President Clinton? You won’t be helped by errors which are inevitably included in the text, insiders say. Former director of the Congressional Budget Office Robert Reischauer says “There is always a technical-corrections bill” following complicated tax legislation. Such laws are often written in a rush or late at night by overworked staffers. Tax legislation passed by Congress in 1981 included a note scrawled in the margin on one page: “Call Rita” — complete with her telephone number. (Knight-Ridder) ...“If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” —Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898).