The Semantics of Pork
11th August 2007
LanguageLog. An illustration of how much government legislation (can you say the Internal Revenue Code?) contains language that is vague and appears to be of general application but actually goes to fit the very limited set of beneficiaries (can you say lobbyists?) that fit the apparently “vague” description.
Congress is full of lawyers. They do this sort of thing for a living. (And, in Congress, for fun & profit.)