Building off the Dish, E.D. Kain considers sunset clauses for entire branches of government:
Too often our government is a self-serving, bloated
incapable of ever cutting off any of its outgrown limbs. Making more
it temporary – or at least writing in the possibility of
when constructing it – would at the very least give these
government institutions a reason to try to remain relevant.
Of course, the downside would be an even more concerted effort...
Published on July 29, 2010 12:31