Friday, March 16, 2012

It's Time to Clean House

Philip K. Howard wrote in the Atlantic It's Time to Clean House. "This is the first article in a new series The Atlantic is publishing in partnership with Common Good, a nonpartisan government reform organization, devoted to remaking government within budget and without suffocating the American spirit."

"America is mired in a tarpit of accumulated law. Reformers propose new laws to fix health care, schools, and the regulatory system, but almost never suggest cleaning out the legal swamp these institutions operate in. These complex legal tangles not only set goals but allocate resources and dictate the minutest details of how to meet those goals. Most are obsolete in whole or part. Nothing important can get fixed without remaking a coherent legal framework."

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