[ashtonian]

It's also a product if writing good laws is really hard because the people writing them are outside the industry, different from the people enforcing them, and often different from the people it affects.

Better to remove barriers and things that silo and centralize power.

[hnick]

Which is why lobbying ostensibly exists: people in the industry know best.

To counteract this a consumer group or union of those affected would be required, but that's a bit tough when they are usually the ones spending the money, not earning it.