Liberals intrigue me. For years, they have demanded that the government should be out of our bedrooms (when it comes to sexual behavior, at least), but they advocate strongly for government control of our medicine cabinets and our minds. They place a Pollyannaish trust in the government to not abuse the extensive powers they would bestow on the government, despite empirical evidence that would indicate that every single government in history has abused its power.

In all fairness to the left, I must add that there is nothing sinister about the motives of most liberals I have known. In fact, the opposite is true. their intentions are almost completely altruistic. The problem is, these are a group that arrogantly feel as though they have all the answers, and that there is no room for debate because, of course, there is no validity to the opposing viewpoint. They reject the arguments of religious conservatives who demand, not that the government follow their equally narrow-minded way of thinking, but that THEY be allowed to live consistent with their own beliefs in the confines of their homes and churches.

The flaw in the liberals' line of thinking is that it is based on the concept that humans are, without exception, inherently good, and that a government will implement programs only designed for the best interests of its citizens. If a government program is proposed that seems to solve a problem, it is, of course, good, and any opposition to the program is unthinkable. While there's certainly a capacity for good in humans, it seems increasingly obvious to me that greed is the primary motivator of most humans, and that a government given too much power will be held captive to that greed as it looks for ways to increase revenue and to increase its power and control.