Regulatory capture is the objective.
A million here or there, whatever it takes.
Just so long as the spec our products.
That is very true and corporations go along with it because they think it make their competitors have to play by the same rules...[tho that isn’t working too well when the goods are coming from overseas, in some cases].
Plus, corporations, the larger ones anyway, don’t particularly care what the regulations etc cost anyone. They just shrug and point to government...and mark up the cost of complying.