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Anyone have a rough estimation of the laws made vs laws repealed? This is what I wonder and worry sometimes. It seems we're constantly making far more laws than
by 0134340 6y ago
Anyone have a rough estimation of the laws made vs laws repealed? This is what I wonder and worry sometimes. It seems we're constantly making far more laws than repealing and slowly but surely caging ourselves in. Our parties seem to be in a blind race downhill to see who can implement the most laws to block the other parties but I feel we're just "cleaning" ourselves into a corner.
- yreg 6y agoI'm not american, but I listened to this Planet Money podcast[0] and they talked about how Trump planned to enforce the following rule: >If congress wants to add a new regulation, they have to find two outdated regulations and remove them. I have no idea how it went. [0] episode including transcript: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/659049880 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/659049880
- xkcd-sucks 6y agoThat would have to include a rule about scope, so that it doesn't end up as two old laws concatenated into one new law ...this would be good for other reasons too, like unrelated riders tacked onto appropriations bills
- dragonwriter 6y agoWell, since regulations are created by the executive branch and not Congress, which makes law and to which the President can't dictate rules, the proposed rule is meaningless, so enforcing it is a non-issue. Also, “a regulation” is not a particularly useful unit of size.
- lenkite 6y agoSupposedly it helped a bit according to the below: https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2020/06/29/how-donald-trump-has-cut-regulationbut-also-added-it/#1ccba49930d3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2020/06/29/how-donal...