The Premises of Today’s Government

Reasonable people stand by and shake their heads at the haste with which sweeping new legislation is being introduced. They say “why is this even necessary, much less urgent?”. The answer is clear to me.

All policies of the progressives (that is, the last 20 years) stem from two basic principles:

1. We know better than you.
2. You are not able to control yourself.

Al Gore’s histrionics notwithstanding, there are still questions about global warming and possible man-made influencing of it. But the political class says “we know this is true, so actions must be taken.” So why is that not enough? Because the political class also says “…and we can’t trust you to do what is needed.” That is, you are not influenced by reporting of facts or by market pressures.

This is hogwash.

The only case that I see a “we know better than you” is in national security — there really are cases where “we” (the government) know something that “you” (the public) don’t. It’s called classified information.

But when the science is clear, you-the-public acts. For example, is there ANY question that smoking causes lung cancer? No. Everyone knows it, and still people choose to smoke. Why? Because they have made that personal tradeoff. And today’s government will strip that choice from you today…and more choices tomorrow.

Resist — make it known to all that you understand the state of affairs, and that you take responsibility for yourself.

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