Why is it the government's job to tell companies what minimum wage they must pay, or what advertising is too misleading to be allowed? Because the goal of the

Why is it the government's job to tell companies what minimum wage they must pay, or what advertising is too misleading to be allowed? Because the goal of the government is to improve things for people. Feel free to argue that governments getting involved in this doesn't improve things (and you might be right, I don't know), but the logic of why would they get involved is simple.