Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You'd tell him to get his act together - stop spending so much or he'd destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck their future. Of course, no individual could live so irresponsibly for long. But tack on eight more zeroes to that budget and you have the checkbook for our out-of-control, big-spending federal government.

It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.

A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds of billions of coerced taxpayer dollars at the disposal of the winners will tend to attract men and women with a comparative advantage in manipulation.

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.