RE: [dvd-discuss] Going on the offense.

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Bauer [mailto:jfbauer@home.com]
...
> BTW, why is is that all legistators think they need to pass lots of
> new laws?  You would think that after 200+ years we would have all the
> laws any society could possibly need.  

In the words of P.J. O'Rourke: When can we say "stick a fork in it, it's
done"

>Perhaps their pay should be
> inversely proportional to the number of laws they pass?
> e.g. basepay-(5000*n), where n is the number of laws passed.  And yes
> it could go negative.

I think there's a better way to hamstring congress.  Sunset
clauses on EVERY law.  If they think the law is worth keeping,
they have to vote it in again every decade.  See how quickly
the pissant laws fall by the wayside ...


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-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!