House Dems who voted in favor of giving Obama his dream of sending the US hurtling toward a completely government dominated health care system are now whining about the fact that quite a few constituents are unhappy and have the temerity to protest. Among them is an Ohio congressman who is upset that people are — peacefully — protesting outside his home. It doesn’t seem that they’re trespassing on his property, but he doesn’t like the fact that his family has to see fellow citizens who think he sold them out to appease Pelosi.

Don Boudreaux has a devasting letter on this:

Editor, Columbus Dispatch

Dear Editor:

Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) is upset that a handful of protestors peacefully
demonstrated, against his vote for Obamacare, outside of his home (“Wrath of
health-bill foes focuses on Driehaus,” March 29). He says “I understand people
are going to criticize my decisions – I’m an elected official – but my wife, my
kids, my neighbors are out of bounds.”

As my friend Mark LeBar points out, “Interesting that Rep. Driehaus himself
doesn’t take MY wife, MY kids, MY body, or anything else about me, to be ‘out of
bounds’ when he legislates. It’s all up for grabs in the legislative process;
there are no bounds to what HE is entitled to impose on ME through force.
Probably he should not be surprised that people become less inclined to respect
those ‘bounds’ – which are, indeed, bounds of decency – when the political class
has so far rejected and replaced common decency with its officious and intrusive
will.”

Indeed so.

Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
George Mason University