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Re: [dvd-discuss] Going on the offense.
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Going on the offense.
- From: Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:13:07 +0200
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from [email protected] on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:45:41PM -0400
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:45:41PM -0400, Jim Bauer wrote:
> 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. Perhaps their pay should be
> inversely proportional to the number of laws they pass?
Robert Heinlein
"Take back your government"
has a great explanation on that. in short: legislators define their own
"efficiency" at the number of laws they pass, because that is basically
the only highly visible part of their work.
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