There is a certain amount of business logic that can't be refactored away ( -someone's law ), but there is also bloat. Who is refactoring this law code? No on

There is a certain amount of business logic that can't be refactored away ( -someone's law ), but there is also bloat. Who is refactoring this law code? No one. It gets written once and stands forever. It gets repealed once and a while, but it doesn't get actively refactored.