...you begin to become a micromanager.

It's sad that elected~ people believe government can do anything of lasting value to people other than protect us from foreign nations.

Now I'm gonna tell ya something. Liberal welfare programs don't get under my skin. I'm convinced of their ineffectiveness. What gets me angry is how people react if I suggest that these programs aren't effective. I'm not a confrontational person, and I don't like being told I don't care about poor people. So I feel like this. Let em have my money. That way they have no excuse for staying poor.

See, even a fool can see the error of his ways. After a welfarite has a history of personal failure, it begins to sink in that they have no idea how to change their lives. People eventually get this sort of person to warm up and start taking care of himself. Yes, there are exceptions.

John Stossel's recent column highlights David Brooks' big government conservative views. Here is the one line that sums it all up:  "Some lives are so screwed up, it's hard to make them worse." The do-gooder liberal honestly believes that government intervention is necessary to one's survival. And then when government fails, like New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and FEMA after Hurricane Katrina, the self-loathing micromanager closes his hands saying, "At least we tried. God forgive me."

But let's be fair. Because some government official put sand barrels on the side of I-26, I am alive today to talk to you. So I think a guy like Brooks belongs somewhere in Government Safety where his concerns can save lives. But just so you know...that's no way to live.