How are we going to fund compliance?

With the roiling of the financial markets, the almost unprecedented incursion of government into the marketplace, and with a strong consensus that there has been too little regulation in the past decade, one thing is certain - government investigations, lawsuits and new regulations are on the rise.  At a macro level, many fiscally conservative people worry that too much regulation will stifle investment and innovation.  When you take it down a level, the businesses and other organizations that are subject to regulation - and the people within those orgs responsible for meeting the requirements - wonder how this is going to be funded, especially in recessionary times.  

The answer to this challenge is that compliance solutions need to a business case justification; a showing that the solution will - in the real world - save the company money.