Small business IS controlled by government through regulation and taxation. The problem is that small businesses are not as close to the ‘source’ (liquidity, passing legislation, etc.) as big business.
Welcome to ‘Corporatism’ where Big Government pits special interest groups against each other.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm
Small businesses are too numerous to be able to do that with efficiently.
So just kill them.