On Tue, 08 May 2018 07:55:28 +0000, Huge wrote:

Because that would mean admitting that they are wrong. Politicians are
never wrong. Because the "output" from politicians is laws. More and
more laws. (I've always favoured setting a limit, such that before they
can pass a new one, they have to repeal an old one.) Because passing new
legislation is easier than amending existing(?)

Built-in sunset clauses for all new legislation might be a way to go. Let
the damn Acts expire unless they're still genuinely needed.



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