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Originally Posted by Skippy
3. In general we have too many laws and those laws are enforced poorly and inconsistently. We should get back to a much smaller number of laws centered around the idea that something should only be illegal if it causes harm to others, and then enforce those fewer laws vigorously.
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Problem with that is that if you did that, sooner or later we get back to the same mess. Why? Well, politicians want to seem like they are doing something. So they create more laws. You see, if you can't enforce the current ones properly, why create more laws? Well because that way, as a lawmaker, I can say "See? I am doing something about armed robbery. I added another 2 laws to prosecute people for it."