Regulations exist mainly for protection of establish businesses to prevent new entry and limit competition, not for safety or taxes even really. This is especi

Regulations exist mainly for protection of establish businesses to prevent new entry and limit competition, not for safety or taxes even really. This is especially true when talking about zoning, building and health codes which are largely designed to make it very very expensive to start new business to limit competition See Institute for Justice on going lawsuits on behalf of Food Trucks in many cities. It has nothing to do with Public Health, and everything to do with protectionism