The kerfuffle over repealing ObamaCare has caused me to wonder: How many laws actually exist in this, our nation of laws?

The answer, dear reader is; ‘nobody knows’. The United States Code alone is 51 titles, each with multiple volumes numbering 23,000 pages. If you want to learn the difference between the United States Code and the Statutes at Large, (another monster dealing with case law and regulatory matters) you’ll need to hire a lawyer, or several.

Ron Paul has estimated that over 40,000 federal, state and local laws and regulations are passed every day.

Ron: Are you serious?

Yes, he is. And while no one can prove him right, no one can prove him wrong.

Despite the plethora of data bases filling terabytes (whatever they are) of storage, the world-wide-web, Internet clouds and even Watson, the number eludes calculation.

Example:  There are currently over 21,000 laws pertaining to guns nationwide. And still, liberals plead for stricter gun laws: Though no one seems able to stipulate what ‘stricter’ means. And did our moronic legislators really consider and pass 21,000 meaningless laws?

Sadly, they did. And not just in regard to guns. Health care, Insurance, Securities law, Torts, Tenure. . . Lordy, the list is endless.

How can that be? you might ask.  If ignorance of the law is no excuse, we’re all probably guilty of something or other right now. The bad news is that the prisons are already full and we’ll likely have to share a bunk with a dude named Big Willie. . . . and shower with him and his friends.

It’s hard for elites to admit that Ron Paul and Texas can teach us anything; but the legislature down there only convenes on odd numbered years – resulting in fewer laws by state than any other.  Hmmmmm.

Perhaps the U.S. Congress should follow Texas’ example. We’d have fewer laws by half; but then we’d have an additional 535 worthless dummies collecting unemployment benefits. At least they wouldn’t be competing with the illegals and clogging WalMart’s parking lots, hammers in hand.

At least the illegals know which end to grab hold of.

You are welcome.

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