FederalRegisterOfRegulations74,937pages

"The official publication of rules issued by the federal government, the Federal Register, contained 74,937 pages of regulations in 2006...The estimated cost of simply complying with these regulations was $1.14 trillion{Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr., "Ten Thousand Commandments 2007: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State," Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2000, 2} The National Taxpayers Union estimated that in 2006, U.S. businesses and individuals spent 6.65 billion hours struggling to comply with the complexities of the tax code, at a cost of $l56.5 billion in lost productivity for businesses alone.{David Keating, "A Taxing Trend: The Rise in Complexity, Forms and Paperwork Burdens," NTU Policy Paper 124, National Taxpayers Union, April 16, 2007,3.} {{Mark R. Levin, Liberty and Tyranny}}