The Reality: Government Destroys

SEE HERE Whenever government grows large it grows intrusive.  When it grows large and intrusive it destroys because it creates an overloaded bureaucratic structure which is punishing and ultimately deincentivizing, an overburden that contributes nothing but overwhelming stagnation.  The regulations are put in place with allegedly good intentions but the reality is almost always that they hurt more than they help, they insist on some bureaucrats idea of what is right and proper rather than letting individuals have the freedom to decide for themselves.  Welcome to the control of soda size and what kind of lightbulbs you use and all the rest.