logoalt Hacker News

appreciatorBustoday at 1:47 AM2 repliesview on HN

In the same way that we budge the quantity of dollars we can spend, we should probably budget the quantity of laws we can create, and laws that can exist at any given time.


Replies

dmixtoday at 2:15 AM

Mandatory expiry dates or renewal cycles. You can bypass the expiry/renewal process with a large majority.

show 1 reply
jltsirentoday at 2:30 AM

The budget is ultimately limited by the government's ability to extract value. There are no similar limits to the quantity of laws and regulations that can be in effect at the same time. Legislators can of course impose an arbitrary limit, but they can just as easily increase the limit or repeal it, if they don't like it.

show 1 reply