Thanks to the Adam Smith Institute for the link to this poster. Click the thumbnail at left for the full size image.
Incentives matter — politicians are incentivized to get reelected. Which they quite reasonably interpret to mean that when the media begin emphasizing a “problem” then the politician is supposed to “fix it”. This poster artfully summarizes the unintended consequences.
Which leads to my radical proposal to improve the impact of government — that is a constitutional amendment mandating that the number of words of legislation and regulation must decrease by 10% per year. So legislators must repeal 110% of bad law to make room for new law they want to draft.
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