I read this and think to myself sarcastically "Thank God the government got involved." and then I realize there are probably a non-trivial amount of people with

I read this and think to myself sarcastically "Thank God the government got involved." and then I realize there are probably a non-trivial amount of people within the US who probably think the government should re-involve themselves in this matter. Then I wonder what type of person doesn't understand how markets work and why they think this matter is any kind of issue. I can elaborate more if needed in follow-up replies to avoid being seen as just flame bait material.