No problem in the history of the world has ever been solved or even lessened by requiring lawyers to get involved.
That's a tough claim to make, seeing as you don't have knowledge of every problem that ever occurred in the history of the world. I argue that the point of requiring law degrees is so that the person is familiar with the law; how useful would a judge be if that person didn't understand his own role?
And as for the McCain quote, it is disingenuous to take it out of context. He said this during discussions on the money the federal government will be spending on the conversion to digital television. The argument he was addressing was that the government should wait until 2009 to do the conversion, because it would cost less. His point was that, by waiting so long, many people would be left out for a long time (~2 years), and he believes that it would affect their lives in a negative manner. This all leads up to the quote: money shouldn't be the most important thing to the government in this debate; the lives of the people should be paramount.
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No problem in the history of the world has ever been solved or even lessened by requiring lawyers to get involved.
That's a tough claim to make, seeing as you don't have knowledge of every problem that ever occurred in the history of the world. I argue that the point of requiring law degrees is so that the person is familiar with the law; how useful would a judge be if that person didn't understand his own role?
And as for the McCain quote, it is disingenuous to take it out of context. He said this during discussions on the money the federal government will be spending on the conversion to digital television. The argument he was addressing was that the government should wait until 2009 to do the conversion, because it would cost less. His point was that, by waiting so long, many people would be left out for a long time (~2 years), and he believes that it would affect their lives in a negative manner. This all leads up to the quote: money shouldn't be the most important thing to the government in this debate; the lives of the people should be paramount.