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Very much agree. It would be great if laws sunset after no more than 10 years if only a mere majority wanted the law. With a super majority, then the law coul
by tomohawk 9y ago
Very much agree. It would be great if laws sunset after no more than 10 years if only a mere majority wanted the law. With a super majority, then the law could last, say 50 years.
This would allow for more experimentation and for consensus building. As it is now, the law is always in the context "and forevermore, it shall be this way". If the context was, let's try this for a few years and see what happens, it would be a less contentious thing. Without the imposed time limits, partisans grab as much as they can whenever they can.
Ancient Isrealite law had something similar with the jubilee. Every 50 years, debt was forgiven and many other things reset. This tended to keep things more balanced.