Federal highway subsidies have encouraged commuting. People should be left free to build in the suburbs if they want, but they should also bear the costs associated with such a lifestyle. Federal highway subsidies again interfere with normal market signals. Zoning laws have discouraged integrated communities, heightening the burdens on the transportation system. Zoning laws have also favored special-interest groups at the expense of the community at large.
Regulatory burdens favor large corporations.
Regulatory burdens reduce the number of small businesses and increase corporate centralization, thus contributing to the commuter culture. Such laws include union enforcement laws, mandatory health requirements, minimum wage laws, and complex tax regulations, all of which serve to discourage small businesses. Victim disarmament laws and poverty entrenchment laws in the big cities have led to more crime there. Terrible government-run schools have also pushed more people into the suburbs. Indeed, such invasive laws have created the growth problems now in existence.