Today, the Institute for Liberty issued a release voicing deep concerns about the stances taken by AirBnB in the political world, while at the same time pushing back against efforts to reduce the regulatory burden on much of the hotel and lodging industry--many of which are locally-owned businesses struggling to compete in a regulatory environment that simply doesn't encompass businesses like AirBnB.  Rather than calling for more regulation of AirBnB, the Institute for Liberty believes that the "smarter" way of leveling the playing field is to reduce the regulatory burden on existing firms... and that calls for greater regulation are an anti-competitive tool that smacks of crony capitalism.