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Is it too much to ask that those who run the government use just slightly more formal language when making statements in their official capacity?

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I think as long as what is meant to be conveyed is clear and concise, it's served its purpose.

Respectfully, I suggest that part of the purpose of Government Communications is to be formal. That is, to be explicitly separate from the mundane day-to-day work. Governmental rulings, especially at the Federal level, affect a lot of people. I want them to take their jobs seriously, and one of the ways they can convey that they’re being serious is by their non-standard, formal language.

And the converse makes me feel like the statements are conveying emotion and aesthetics and reinforce the idea that politics are sport for the professional management class.

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