We've Been Doing It All Wrong...

I'm guessing when our Founding Fathers founded this place they had no idea one of thier founding ideas was flawed.

I'm pretty sure they felt that the original Ten Commandments, coupled with the Constitution and its Bill of Rights, would be all the laws we'd need.  And if we needed any more, (ahem), we could send Representatives to Congress to craft them.

Maybe a few dozen of them.  Or hundred.  Not many more.  I mean, how many laws do we need?

But those same Representatives our FF's envisioned have grown not in number, but in proficiency.  And profligacy.  And pure excess.  They keep putting out new laws like wild pigs produce piglets.  And each of those laws we, The Citizens, must somehow inculculate.  And embrace.  Or at least be forced to follow.  

Too Gag Level, I'd say!

Fellow Patriots, I believe we need to change Congress a tad.  We need to have these folks spend one year out of every four de-commisioning present laws.  We're tired of having every move we make and every breath we take being micromanaged.  We should demand that for every new law passed, 10 old ones have to go.  Let them spend all their time trying to figure out which laws should go.  Then they won't have any time to try and conjure up new ones.

New Ones We Don't Need!

Did you know that CA's Assembly and Senate passed and sent 1,287 laws to BoyGuv Newsom's desk this year?  For his signature?  I guess the good news is he only signed 996 of them into law.  Almost One Thousand News Laws.  Do we need a thousand new laws every year?

I've written before that California has a Grand Total of 366,398 laws on the books.  Rules, regulations and Executive Orders.  The very most in the Nation.  Almost twice as many as Number Two, New York (176,443).  With No. 3 Illinoway sporting "only" 112,445.  As compared with Montana's 23,554.  How in Hell are we supposed to follow 336,000 laws?

And an even better question, how in Hell are CA's sworn Law Enforcement Officers, all 82,000 of them, supposed to inculcate 336,000 laws?  Or are they only trained on DUI's and speeding and other money generating laws?*  You can almost hear the cash register ringing with all those fines pouring in. 

Is that the real reason we have them?

We know that banding together into a city or town or berg or hamlet carries with it certain responsibilities on our part, the Residents.  But being picked clean by a band of grinning road pirates is not one of them.  And I believe I speak for many of my colleagues.  It's time to write your Congressweenie and let them know how you feel.  

If you agree, pass it along... 

*   6 class days out of the 26 weeks cops must spend in Police Academy Training are dedicated to learning various laws.  Only.  45 classroom hours.  Surprised?