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Set the laws to expire in ten years, offset in tranches two years apart, so the legislature only needs to renew 1/5 of the laws every other year. If that isn't
by philwelch 3y ago
Set the laws to expire in ten years, offset in tranches two years apart, so the legislature only needs to renew 1/5 of the laws every other year. If that isn't manageable, maybe there are too many laws!
- comte7092 3y agoGovernance is complicated.
- philwelch 3y agoThe idea is to reduce complexity by stopping the tendency of laws to accumulate. If 10 year sunsets are too aggressive, maybe try 20 year sunsets instead. Most legislation is amendment and revision of existing law anyway, so it wouldn’t necessarily hurt to make the legislature consciously review existing law on a regular cadence. And if someone gets a bug up their ass about legalizing self-serve gasoline, that would just reset the sunset clause on the gas station laws and not have to worry about it again for a decade or two.