It has been estimated that the number of new enactments by legislative bodies ranging from city councils to Congress is 150,000 per year.
A truly amazing number. I remember back in the early ‘60s doing papers in school and the local court house law library had one small shelf for all federal laws and regulations, the Pennsylvania State Code was in two volumes and the local city ordinance was contained in a pamphlet.
Maybe if our representatives were to be referred to as “representatives” and not as “law makers” they would ease up on their law making output. I’d like to see a moratorium on new laws – except for those needed for budgets – for a few years, and the time devoted to rescinding those we don’t really need. Start with the antiquated laws, and then go for those that duplicate or expand other laws followed by those that benefit special interest lobbies.