DOGE target: Paperwork hits 10 billion hours, equals 15,000 lifetimes

Published November 20, 2024 3:40pm ET



Red tape and paperwork requirements attributed to federal regulations — mostly in filing tax documents — cost America over 10 billion hours a year, or enough to consume 14,983 human lifetimes.

According to a just-released accounting of the paperwork burden under Biden, handling federal red tape consumed 10.5 billion hours.

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