A quick, simple question: do you favor ANY laws?
If so, what is the nature of laws you do favor?
Do not murder.
Do not steal.
Do not rape.
Do not injure anyone unless in self defense.
Do not destroy anyone else’s property.
Do not commit fraud (see stealing).
Do not make false testimony against anyone.
Do not threaten anyone with physical harm unless in defense.
Pay your taxes.
The federal government shall abide by the constitution.
The state governments shall abide by their constitutions.
Levy taxes only for the things delineated in the constitution.
This covers the majority of actual offenses.
The balance, and I’m certain I passed over a goodly number of bona fide criminal activities since I just batted this out, can be handled by civil and contract law as opposed to criminal law. These should probably be pared down to their more fundamental than specific declarations.
God managed with ten commandments. We should be able to manage with less than 170,000 PAGES of laws.
If we actually followed the constitution as written, we would be far ahead of the game.
If congress had to read aloud, in the full session, every law beyond the first 10 or so, say every 2 - 6 years in order to keep them validated, we would probably be left with some sanity.