To: patton
I would like to do as Heinlein suggested: Each new congress would for the first year be allowed only to remove laws from the books. The second year they could make new laws.
38 posted on
05/07/2006 9:38:30 AM PDT by
oldtimer2
(Yes I am the center of the universe. (msm attitude))
To: oldtimer2
When Heinlein wrote that, the Tax code was only one volume...
40 posted on
05/07/2006 9:43:19 AM PDT by
patton
(Once you steal a firetruck, there's really not much else you can do except go for a joyride.)
To: oldtimer2
Thats a good idea.. a step in the right direction. I like an idea like this.. any new tax takes 55% to vote in.. and any tax cuts only take 45% to pass.
Same thing should go for regulations or even more weighted in favor of elimination. Issues where there is a broad consensus won't have problems passing, but special interest nanny state rules will be harder.
50 posted on
05/07/2006 9:58:10 AM PDT by
ran15
To: oldtimer2
Which Heinlein book was that in? I've read a few but that quote does not come to mind.
53 posted on
05/07/2006 9:59:10 AM PDT by
Radix
(Stop domestic violence. Beat abroad.)
To: oldtimer2
If his bad ticker hadn't done RAH in already, these new Nanny laws would surely have done the trick. He'd have blown a gasket long ago.
Regards,
To: oldtimer2
I think it was every third year that the legislature in
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" could only repeal laws, if more than 1/3 voted to repeal.
And every law that passed had to have a 2/3 approval to start with.
89 posted on
05/07/2006 4:05:05 PM PDT by
Bernard
(God helps those who helps themselves - The US Government takes in the rest.)
To: oldtimer2
180 posted on
05/10/2006 12:08:58 PM PDT by
oldtimer2
(One of the things that always made me feel good in the morning was waking up and realizing I did not)
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