Larry Boyd wrote an excellent reply about the government "meddling" 
in air safety, but I was thinking more along the lines of health care 
and government programs for the indigent and poor.  Prior to, oh, 
around 1900 in the USofA, private charities (such as churches and 
other non-profits) handled most of the medical care and such for 
the poor.  Since FDR and more recently, LBJ with his Great Society, 
the Federal government has stepped in and become the Sugar Daddy for 
every disadvantaged person.  While I have no doubt that the truly 
needy are receiving the medical care and help they need (and 
probably didn't receive before), we also didn't have people 
making a career (and in some cases a multi-generational career) 
out of being on assistance when the assistance was handled by 
private charities.

Given our government's dismal track record of running up huge 
deficits and huger bureaucracies to deal with everything, I 
was really worried when they (the Clintons) wanted to meddle 
in health care.  Socialism, here we come!

As I hope you realize, this is 100% my opinion!

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