> The government makes lives easier for every industry; health insurance companies, the airlines, the automakers, the utilities, the postal service, Hollywood..

> The government makes lives easier for every industry; health insurance companies, the airlines, the automakers, the utilities, the postal service, Hollywood... everyone. except for the part where govt says "nice little industry you've got there, be a shame if something happened to it". That is, the "make lives easier" often comes after "make lives harder" and/or consists of not following through on a threat to "make lives harder".