The
left is absolutely certain that people in general are too ignorant and stupid
to know what's good for them. As a result, the government needs to establish
guidelines for taking care of the otherwise clueless populace. The irony of
leftist certainty on this is that the left shows itself to be clueless and
stupid when it takes one size fits all governmental action intended to take
care of everybody. What happens is that the government action makes things
worse. Obamacare is an example of how it all works. Once the government program
fails, leftists want credit for their good intentions and a follow on program
to fix the unintended consequences of their previous programs. The cycle
repeats until the government impoverishes the people to the point that there
are not enough resources to pay for the programs.
While
this is a gross oversimplification, it's still essentially true that Rome fell
because the people got used to the government handling everything for them
instead of doing things for themselves. Bread and circuses both bankrupt the
government and corrupt the people. In the meantime, patronage and handouts buy
votes. This cycle needs to be broken in 2016 or we are going to live through
the bloody failure of Pax Americana.