[bigjimslade]

Competition drives prices down? Bloated, protectionist government regulations drive prices up? Wow! Stop the presses!

This same story in umpteen other contexts has been written time and time and time again, throughout modern history.

Get government out of the way. Let people put themselves to work in ways they feel most capable, and watch innovation happen, cost effectively, and to the benefit of mankind! What's old is new again.