In the reading, Legislature as Sausage Factory by Alan Rosenthal, talks about the metaphor between sausage making and legislation. He talks about his experience from taking a tour of the production of sausage and how he believes that legislation is not the same. He gives examples about the difference of these two topics. In this paper, I will talk about how sausage making should not be used as a metaphor for legislation. These two things are very different because the processes in which they are made does not relate to one another. Sausage making tends to be more private and efficient, on the other hand, legislation tends to be more public and less efficient. Sausage making can be very private, while legislation can be very public. Alan Rosenthal discusses in his article how he had to get a letter from the Sensor in order to be able to take his tour …show more content…
Sausage making has a specific process that they follow and can be made with in hours. Also they need to be efficient if the company wants to be successful. The legislation process is not the same. For example, “bills may be enacted within a month or so, but significant legislation may take years enactment.” (Rosenthal) This helps to see how it can take up to years for a law to pass. According to We the people, “the president plays a role not only in the administration of government but also in the legislative process.”(pg.527) This shows how the president has the power to veto a law which can delay the process of lawmaking, cause it to take years for something to get passed. Another example is from the article, If Only Laws Were Like Sausages by Robert Pear, which states that “With legislation, you can have hundreds of cooks — members of Congress, lobbyists, federal agency officials, state officials.” This shows how there are many people involved in making laws and sometimes they all do not end up agreeing with one another, which can lead to