"Laws are like sausages," Otto von Bismarck said. "It is better not to see them being made." Bills in the US Congress are often written by staff who have not fully considered their impact, and voted on by legislators who rarely read the full text. So it should be no surprise that legislation emerging from Congress in response to consumer anger over high gasoline prices is flawed. A case in point is the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007.
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