Re:Why I’m Leaving the Senate
by dsplittgerber on Saturday February 20, 2010 @07:15PM
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As for passing a standard package of laws at the beginning of each year: Then why use sunset clauses at all, if legislators don't even think about it but just pass it along in one sweep every year?
I wholeheartedly agree that nearly every developed country is over-regulated, especially the US, having a different approach to regulating (narrowly worded, long statutes vs short, general principles) than some European legal traditions. Alas, the majority of people don't want to get strangled by regulations but at the same time want to have lots of industries regulated. I think the best shot is to inform them about the consequences of over-regulation.
How are you supposed to enter into contracts if you don't know what the law of the land is going to be in four years time? Transaction costs would increase enormously."
Contracts are mostly based on Sate law. Also,some states have Sunset provisions and have a standard package of laws they pass at the beginning of each year.
As for the impracticality of so many thousands of statutes, that's rather the point.