by Jack » June 10th, 2007, 11:55 am
It would be nice if you were correct, Jack. Unfortunately there are so many new laws passed every year that, rather than count them, it would be easier to print them out, weigh them, and then measure them by the pound. If you were to include all the new rules and regulations put forward by regulatory bodies that have been "authorized" by congress to create rules and regulations you could measure them by the ton.
You're leaving a lot of information out. There are other factors to be considered. How many different aspects of the world does the government expect to regulate/control/manipulate/destroy/enhance/etc? For how long? How long does it take these changes to be implemented/enforced? How broad are the spectrums' that each of these laws are supposed to cover? How extreme are the new rules/laws, and how different from their original versions? How much heat is generated for these governing bodies by some of these laws? How much time/energy does it take for them to come to a consensus on the final bill that's passed? How many of those bills that get passed are alterations/amendments to previously passed bills? etc.
Sure, the government makes/alters a lot of rules/laws every year. If you were to divide the number of laws by the number of areas covered by the governmental bodies you would see a vastly different picture. Some areas get a lot of laws while other areas get less or none in a year or two. Some of that is because of already standing laws. Some of it is because the area isn't a hot point so it gets neglected. Some of it is because there aren't enough votes for the bills to get passed. And, you can keep going from there.
I'll leave off with one last idea.. If the US government were a more efficient governing body I think things would be a lot worse or a lot better in this world, not just this country.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." Bertrand Russell
"By doing certain things certain results follow." A. Crowley, Book of Lies
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