The idea of "to add 1 law, remove 2 others" worked well in other locales. The problem of laws being so freeform (sometimes being broad or multi-laws in one) is part of the problem. Forcing succinctness is just stage one of cleaning it up.
I've heard this hypothesized as a means to remove legislative bloat, but where has it actually been implemented?
started as 2:1 https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/trumps-...
6 months in, it was actually more like 16:1 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-kills-16-regulation...
I think I heard recently it's more like 24:1.