Between five and ten times the size of the Bible (no one seems to agree on the exact size of the tax code), even IRS employs are unable to accurately explain basic tax code questions.

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Did you know that the 130, 000 pages of Medicaid and Medicare rules and regulations are three times the size of the Internal Revenue code?

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Wright pointed out that the file size of the photo was 560k, but the original code for Bungeling Bay was just 80k.

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Instead of scaling back state spending and regulations, politicians and pundits today prefer to re-jigger the tax code yet again, so as to deflect attention away from the size of Leviathan to the means by which it is financed.

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It is a trend which has alarmed critics of the industry and forced companies to agree from April to a strict code of practice limiting the number of terminals in each betting shop - and more importantly the size of payouts.

BBC: These are booming times for Britain's bookmakers.