If there's too Much Regulation, Why don't We Shed Some?

You could probably poll elected officials in Utah and the majority would say there is too much government regulation.

Why, then, is it seldom heard of one of them proposing legislation that would reduced the amount of regulation? Would it really lead to bad haircuts, for example, if we tossed out licensing for hair care? Just said, Go ahead and cut hair. If the customers don't like the way you cut it, they probably won't frequent your business long.

If we looked at our industries one by one, searching for regulation that we could clean from the books, there would surely be a lot of regulations we would decide to keep.

But, we would find many to get rid of.

If we really think there is too much regulation, why, then, don't we get rid of some? Why?