In the linked article op misses the critical variation of occupational licensing and regulation over time.  Never, ever, ever constant over time and thats the real problem.<p>Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants to go back to Upton Sinclair&#x27;s &quot;The Jungle&quot; wrt the linked article&#x27;s discussion of street food providers.  The current establishment system sucks about as bad as &quot;The Jungle&quot; yet in a totally different way.  A pre-FDA, pre-OSHA, pre-FCC, pre-FAA world?  No thanks!<p>The solution is that historically the establishment changes as little as possible with the exception of riots, revolutions, and guillotines.  Status quo till the collapse.  A new cultural solution such as all laws and regulations having a sunset date might help us smooth over the human nature boom bust cycle of laws and regulation.<p>All laws and regulations stink after they sit around too long and start rotting.  You can use tech and muscle and money to try to prevent change, or you can try something totally new and flow with change.<p>My bright idea won&#x27;t help with entrenched interests such as property owners.  Nobody who paid $5M for the land for a restaurant is EVER going to make nice with food trucks.  In a limited way bureaucracy can help.. crack the path of money... &quot;I&#x27;m so sorry mr restaurant real estate landlord, but you don&#x27;t pay prop taxes that fund the state DMV and we&#x27;re in charge of the road regulations WRT selling food from a truck, so if you don&#x27;t like progress you can pound sand or rent to a different type of business other than restaurant.&quot;