How about the OMB under Biden, which estimated "information collection" alone takes the government 10.3 billion hours in FY2022? At $50/hour, that's already $50

How about the OMB under Biden, which estimated "information collection" alone takes the government 10.3 billion hours in FY2022? At $50/hour, that's already $500B. If you factor in everything other than "information collection", as well as the cost of compliance from private companies, $1.8T doesn't seem implausible. https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2023/09/25/federal-paperwork-consumes-the-equivalent-of-14883-human-lifetimes-annually/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2023/09/25/federal-p...