Although producers do not hide their agendas, Charles Kenny, an economist, thinks that there could be a "quagmire of a debate over morals and a tangle of regulation".
Just two particularly troublesome families have cost British taxpayers £37m over three generations.The Cameroonians are also trying to do something about the tangle of regulation that costs the British economy around 10-12% of GDP.
The longer answer is that the car dealership system in America is a tangle of regulation which the car makers know will have to be unpicked but they want to be the ones who unravel it in their own way: they do not want superstores cutting right through the system.Strict laws on franchises mean that car dealers are overwhelmingly local firms (often family-owned) selling a single make.
Each is protected from competition by a byzantine tangle of regulations and licensing requirements that result in high prices for consumers and a reliable living for insiders.
Now, one of the things that my administration has talked about is, is there, in fact, a bunch of -- a tangle of regulations out there that are preventing businesses from growing and expanding as quickly as they should.
Plenty of problems, such as the tangle of regulations that govern compulsory union consultation in the workplace, or the 35-hour working week, were not even up for negotiation.
More importantly, foreign firms are burdened with high costs that make it hard to compete for frugal customers against lean local rivals.For all firms, local or foreign, a tangle of regulations, local protectionism and corruption makes getting goods across China a problem.
Making a case for reelection, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview that he would hold the line on state spending despite "pent-up" demand for more, further boost local governments' authority and keep California's tangle of regulations from growing in a fourth and final term as governor.
They need to take on the difficult jobs of building infrastructure, rooting out corruption and clearing the tangle of government regulation that is still holding them back.
Proponents of the idea say that the tangle of state regulation drives up costs, particularly in states with heavy mandates, and that a quick and easy way to reduce prices would be to allow people in states where insurance is expensive, like New York or Massachusetts, to buy policies in low-cost states like Minnesota.
Here, too, the Metcalf report demands a new tangle of federal regulation to sort things out.
