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An investment tip for 2015: Buy red tape. And companies that profit from it. There's explosive growth in government red tape. In 2014, almost 80,000 pages of new regulations were issued. In 2015, President Obama plans an equal number of additional rules and regulations. Companies that work for the bureaucracy are making a fortune. The top 25 federal contractors are being paid $175-billion a year.