Respectfully, I find this a vague response to a vague post.

I don't know what you mean by "this" in "something about this" because I don't understand what sort of regulations the OP is talking about, and I don't know what you mean by "the people got conned."

I think with this election cycle people have taken a scorched earth approach with regards to limiting government involvement in their daily lives and/or addressing the loss of small businesses. I'm not sure throwing the baby out with the bathwater is the right approach.