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I don't like complicated tax exemptions, loopholes, and write-offs. That said, there's high strategic utility in having an incredibly active farming economy, especially as globalization frays. I wouldn't be against making food production tax exempt on the whole.

Yes, it is usable as a delaying tactic. Because a lot of congressional bills are absolutely enormous. Less monster bills full of pork and custom-designed loopholes is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Two or more days for a significant fraction of the bills that go through congress. A lot of bills are just stupidly long.

At the absolute minimum, it slows down the speed with which new bills and laws are passed. Barring emergency circumstances, that's a win in and of itself. It also at least somewhat increases the chances that they'll actually pay attention to what they're doing.

When we live in a land where 'ignorance of the law is no excuse' is the standing policy, the people passing laws can bloody well take the time to have the presented in open legislatural session before they vote on them. I'm sick of thousand-page-long bills being passed, that no one other than...

If I ever get to a place like the Senate, I see no reason not to force that with every damn bill. Maybe I'd find a reason between now and then, but unless we're in an emergency, I can't think of any good reason that it shouldn't be done.