Agree/Critical.
Even if you think things like finance or coal need more regulation, it's blatantly obvious that major industries like agriculture (production and prices are basically dictated by regional and local regulatory cartels), medicine (FDA rejecting potentially lifesaving drugs and massively increasing the cost of drug production), housing (zoning ordinances, lot size requirements, rent control, etc), and labor (occupational licensing) are too heavily regulated.
Then there's the fact that our current regulatory regime is undemocratic in the extreme. There are tons of regulations that are just decided by bureaucrats, commissions, agencies, etc with no approval from Congress. How are the people supposed to democratically evaluate regulations when so many of them are passed by appointed bureaucrats rather than actual elected officials? People are ignorant of the countless in ways in which regulation has just made us worse off.
For example, the washing machine, a basic household appliance that advanced civilization, improved the life of the average person, and lifted the burdens of overworked housewives - ruined because bunch of bureaucrats decided they knew what was best for everyone. This is invisible to most people, and even if they knew about it, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it since it was put into place by Department of Energy bureaucrats, not actual legislators. Regulators just have way too much power and next to no accountability.
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