[FRIAM] fewer but better laws

2012-09-15 Thread Mike Oliker
Eric, I think this is brilliant. I would love to see 10 years of law removal. I'm afraid Obamacare lost me the second I heard about its size. It is disenfranchising, not only for the voters, but for the congressman who couldn't digest it. We pass laws, and if they don't work we add

Re: [FRIAM] fewer but better laws

2012-09-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 9/15/2012 8:37 PM, Mike Oliker wrote: fewer but better laws I'm afraid Obamacare lost me the second I heard about its size. http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43472 What Is the Net Budgetary Impact of the Coverage Provisions Taking Into Account the Supreme Court's Decision? CBO

Re: [FRIAM] fewer but better laws

2012-09-15 Thread Russ Abbott
Small is beautiful, but sometimes big and complex are necessary. There are some computer programs that are essential to keep society running that are necessarily big and complex. Or for a natural example, virtually everything in biology is big (in terms of the number of things interacting) and