Wasting Our Time and Money

Joshua Holland makes good points about the ridiculous bill in Missouri that I mentioned earlier. As he points out, this law was not written for any reason other than to stir up the system in opposition to it. They know that, even if it passes, it is so obviously unconstitutional that it will be struck down in court. The law is so indefensible that they won't even talk about it. They know this. But they do it anyway because the results are:

1. They endear themselves to the really nutty part of their base.
2. They force national groups like the ACLU to come in and fight this absurdly unconstitutional law, which allows them to stir up the anti-ACLU sentiment they've worked so hard to create.
3. When the law is struck down, they claim victim status at the hands of an out-of-control judiciary (they only branch of government they can't force to submit to GOP policy).

My question is: How much money does all this cost? How many lawmakers spend how many hours drafting, debating, working on and voting on this silly law? How many taxpayer dollars are spent by the government on lawyers and judges to defend and decide it?

Maybe someone could calculate the costs of this after all is said and done. I would bet the costs easily run to the millions, considering all the man-hours involved. And how many times does shit like this happen every freakin year?

Fiscal conservatives my ass.