Justice Holmes once stated that a catch word can hold analysis in fetters for 50 years. I am not sure that "quota" is a catch word. or indeed even a buzzword. It certainly is an inflammatory word. In fact. it is a label that. once attached to legislation. is the equivalent of stamping the red letter "A" on the head of the bill itself. It is the political equivalent of Michael Dukakis turning Willie Horton loose. There should be no mistake about the political implications of labeling something a quota bill. Why do we react so viscerally to the word quota? Well. it is a number.
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