Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

Congress Can Agree on This: Cut Federal Paperwork

Republicans and Democrats have a common enemy called “sludge.”

November 13, 2018 at 3:00 PM UTC

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November 13, 2018 at 7:28 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

It all piles up.
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Can the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives agree on anything? Here is a candidate: reduce paperwork mandates from the U.S. government.

Before you laugh, please consider a number: 9.78 billion. That is the number of annual hours of paperwork burdens that the government imposes on its citizens.