If the state regulated garage sales, would poor people be better off? A garage sale is where someone realizes that they have too much stuff and want to get rid of a lot of it, so they set up tables in their front yard and put the stuff they don’t want on it with prices. They will set up signs in the neighborhood leading people to their house. This helps the people buying, because they could get something for a lot cheaper than they would at a store. The seller gets money and more space in their house. My favorite part about garage sales is that their not state regulated. This means that the state isn’t involved. Would poor people be better off if they were? NO! The state will want to set prices too high. They will send someone to keep an eye on you to make sure that your not doing anything they don’t want you to. They will make you pay for their help even though you don’t have a choice if they come or not. he only good thing is that they might send over the police to make sure that nobody robs you. Not all of these apply to poor people, but they could all happed if the state gets involved. If the government prices things too high, then the poor people are not better off.