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The idea of "to add 1 law, remove 2 others" worked well in other locales. The problem of laws being so freeform (sometimes being broad or multi-laws in one) is
by TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
The idea of "to add 1 law, remove 2 others" worked well in other locales. The problem of laws being so freeform (sometimes being broad or multi-laws in one) is part of the problem. Forcing succinctness is just stage one of cleaning it up.
- eric_h 8y ago> The idea of "to add 1 law, remove 2 others" worked well in other locales I've heard this hypothesized as a means to remove legislative bloat, but where has it actually been implemented?
- danschumann 8y agoIn the USA it's being done, but not for sole purpose of refactoring/simplification. started as 2:1 https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/trumps-regulation-eo/515007/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/trumps-... 6 months in, it was actually more like 16:1 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-kills-16-regulations-for-every-new-one-crushing-2-for-1-goal https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-kills-16-regulation... I think I heard recently it's more like 24:1.