If legislators are to enact laws that benefit constituents, they must be sure to consider what the consequences of enacting a proposed law will actually be  Contemporary legislatures fail to enact laws that benefit constituents
Concerned primarily with advancing their own political careers, legislators present legislation in polemical terms; this arouses in their colleagues either repugnance or enthusiasm for the legislation
Legislators considering a proposed law for which they have repugnance or enthusiasm do not consider the consequences that it will actually have.