Laws should enable more efficient communication between people and help us in the way language is doing. Laws have to be minimized and explained in a way that the common person of average intelligence can understand them without hiring lawyers. Also, they should be based on protection of common and honest people from criminals. Some laws today see one bad apple in some community, and they make laws that oppress most of the people in that community so they stop one person from doing the wrong thing... That bad person does not care and keep doing bad thing, but honest people get fined even if their behavior does not endanger anybody... how exactly is that fair? And why laws are not based on fairness but on occasional behavior of random people?
exmp1, traffic laws, should apply only when communication between those in traffic is needed, a single person on the road does not need rules or laws as there is nobody around.
exmp2 bookkeeping, rules and laws about bookkeeping should help people to efficiently report how they work so people who have to protect them from unlawful actions of others can analyze and find problems faster and more precisely.
Laws should not be used as oppression and meaning of earning money for the government, there should be no fines for errors in bookkeeping or crossing the street outside the pedestrian crossing, and if it is an accidental error or lack of skills and knowledge the government has to educate these people to do better, especially why to obey specific laws based on how it can help people and community.
Government should be financed ONLY through (well-defined and fair) taxes, not through fines. People should have the right to choose if they will pay taxes (in the amount required) or not based on how useful they find particular branches of government work in their environment. If they refuse, they have to state reasons, and they HAVE to invest their time to work with government on finding and applying a better solution.
Fines have to be used for educating people who broke the laws, either as additional school classes or as prison time. This is how people should invest in their own education so they can become better citizens.