And goodness knows how much this cycling in and out of rules and tax forms costs us in federal dollars.

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The right is generally happy to devolve decisions about education or health care to the states, notes Charles Fried, a professor of law at Harvard and former solicitor-general, but not product-liability rules and other forms of business regulation.

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Many of these traders have not filed foreign bank account forms and might not be complying with FBAR rules.

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Each country has different rules for different forms of payment and the fees you have to pay for, say, a wire transfer, are likely to vary all over the map.

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The American Society of Magazine Editors has rules governing paid product placement and other forms of advertising in editorial content, particularly on covers.

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With regulations, limited human and financial capital are being wasted on achieving compliance with profit-sapping rules, as opposed to all forms of capital being directed to their highest, most productive, and profitable use.

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All these rules require banks to fill in reams of forms, and regulators to monitor the results.

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"It is completely unfair that even though these colleges are funded in the same way as sixth forms attached to schools and are teaching the same age children, they are treated differently under the VAT rules, " he told Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.

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