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Elon Musk says he’s going to be spending less time volunteering with the Department of Government Efficiency. Let’s hope the DOGE campaign against overbearing government continues apace, because Americans have a historic need for relief from Washington’s predations. Wayne Crews at the Competitive Enterprise Institute is out with his annual “10,000 Commandments” report on federal regulation. He finds an economic burden of biblical proportions: Federal regulation’s total compliance costs and economic effects are at least $2.155 trillion annually in Ten Thousand Commandments’ estimate, and almost certainly higher. Last year’s total was $2.117 trillion. As staggeringly large as the federal leviathan is, Mr. Crews suggests why he could be low-balling: An October 2023 National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) report models regulatory compliance at $3.079 trillion annually. Mr. Crews puts his estimate and then NAM’s in perspective:
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