Maybe this one is just short because of how specific a request it is. What more ...

logn · on July 4, 2013

In the US, if it were sure to pass, there would be many amendments for unrelated things and then it would be 600 pages long and we'd deal with the repercussions of unseen gotchas for the next 50 years.

smsm42 · on July 4, 2013

600 pages? That's like a note scribbled on a napkin. Obamacare was 2400+ pages as a bill, though contracted to mere 906 pages as a law. Current immigration bill is about 1200 pages. And Obamacare is not unique at its verbosity, there are a number of bills that are almost as long as it is: http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1375-For-Bills-in-...

astrodust · on July 4, 2013

A lot of American bills start with at least a dozen "BE IT RESOLVED" clauses that give some background, justification, or just anecdotal stories.

It's like you can't declare anything without four pages of legalese.

weland · on July 4, 2013

Iceland does have about 800 additional years of parliamentary experience, they probably managed to get it right eventually :-).