The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.
A salesman sees a commission.
Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.
The most practical information about life is sneered at by social planners.
Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.
You can't suffer over two things at once.