Why does the government keep having to pass new laws?
Government must constantly pass new laws because people continually devise ways to circumvent existing rules. As soon as enough individuals exploit loopholes, the legislature must correct the system. This cycle feeds on itself, reflecting human nature’s tendency to beat the system, now amplified by computers and counterfeiting.
Les explains that this is not limited to farmers. He recalls how farmers could sit in a coffee shop and figure out a way to get around a new farm plan on a napkin, beating the government almost every time. But it’s everybody: people are always out to beat the system. As soon as enough get away with it, the legislature has to pass another law, and it just keeps feeding on itself—that’s the human race. The system must try to correct it. Now with high tech, it’s getting easier to rob the system through computers, and counterfeiters will have a heyday if no way is found to stop them. This has always been the case, and in Noah’s day all they could think about was how to be wicked in some other way, leading to corruption and violence.