Working for the government is fun, ‘cause if people don’t do what you say, you can fine them or put them in jail

This past week, the federal government “took the first steps to ban trans fats. Why? Because trans fats are bad for you and you can’t be trusted to avoid them on your own.”

You can’t be trusted, because you are not smart enough to know what is good or bad for you. Someone in the government must make the decision for you.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/363439/father-fed-knows-best-jonah-goldberg#!

How good is the federal government? “The number of civilians (i.e., not counting the military) who work for the executive branch alone is today nearly equal to the entire population of the United States in 1776.” (Same link.)

But we’ve grown since then. We need more people working in the government.

OK. But, the US population in 1776 was 2.5 million. We’ve grown about 120 times that number, so we need more people working … for one branch of the government? For the executive branch, whose job is to administrate?

The idea that government knows best is perfectly proved in the Affordable Health Care Act’s decision concerning your choice of insurance policies. “If you like it, you can keep it” has proved a lie. “The fact that the people who held them liked them, thought they were good, and wanted to keep them doesn’t count for much, because the government knows best.” (Mr. Goldberg’s link.)

“From a conservative perspective, telling people how to run their lives when not absolutely necessary is an abuse of power. For liberals, telling people how to run their lives is one of the really fun perks of working for the government.”