The Fun of Lawmaking
A nations laws and rules seem to accumulate like stuff in an old attic. Some unnecessary, stupid. The more dust they gather, the more unlikely someone will polish them, or at least get rid of them. They hinder the life of people, but nobody knows who set them in the first place (thus keep voting the same to no effect), and since they are a pain to get rid of, politicians tend to leave them, and with time just add new ones until no one really knows all the rules anymore.
I think every law should have a name of a physical person written next to it. This should be the one who put it in place, and has decided to be responsible for it. When this person dies, the law should be gone, unless a new person should choose to take up the responsibility of it. If the holder of the responsibility doesn’t want to keep it, it is gone. It could be automated, and a whole list of people associated with it. However, if the original keeper is gone, down the list it goes – and if nobody “catches” it falling down the list, it is gone for good.
This would make lawmakers think about what they do. There would be no diffusion of responsibility. Destructive laws would no longer be tolerated; and as they could be a threat to life, no longer upheld. As soon as a group does something, no one is responsible; and bad habits and actions linger forever to be corrected.
zacione 