I'm awash in paperwork thanks to a surgery back in December.
Letters, notices, statements, receipts, affidavits, invoices and those curious cryptograms known in healthcare as "EOBs." Scores of EOBs.
"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming," Wernher von Braun said.Healthcare is a lot like rocketry.
A surgeon can repair a shattered ankle, but it might not be worth the paperwork.
There's one area of society where we can turn paperwork into a positive, however.
Law enforcement.
Cops often overlook crimes because "it's not worth the paperwork" to process the suspects.
Congress should pass a new law quintupling the paperwork required to process Black suspects.
The Paperwork to Overwhelm Police Officers (POPO) Act would do more to cure systemic racism in law enforcement than any defunding program.
Congress, you listening?
The people demand it.
The American Forest & Paper Association should, too.
Above: Clip Art. Print by Adam Hilman.
