August 26, 2013 9:53AM 

# The Good Book and the Not-So-Good Books 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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[An illuminating way](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-six-budget-showdowns-big-government-is-mostly-unchanged/2013/08/23/97d90578-0068-11e3-9711-3708310f6f4d_story_2.html) to measure the vastness of government regulations:

> Another way to measure the government’s size is by the length of its rule book, the [Code of Federal Regulations](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR). It is now as long as 95 [King James Bibles](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199535949/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199535949&linkCode=as2&tag=washingtonpost-20).…
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> In all, the Code of Federal Regulations has grown by 16,500 pages under Obama. Nine Bibles.

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies) 

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