John Stossel says that the members of Congress who support the ponderous legislation to “reform” health care are just a bunch of presumptuous meddlers. They don’t understand that no person or group has the necessary information to devise a system to serve hundreds of millions of people. Read his column here.
In one of the “Dirty Harry” movies, Clint Eastwood says, “A man’s got to know his own limitations.” Unfortunately, once people get elected they usually forget that they have any limitations and imagine themselves capable of using their power to coerce in ways that make life better. The bad consequences of their arrogance are felt by ordinary people, not the politicians.
