[proud_yank]

The people just don't understand their own best interest. It's the experts, the sages, the wisely endowed, who know what's good for them

Thank God for elitist liberals! To paraphrase Homer Simpson, 'Lisa, the reason we have a government is so that we don't have to think'.

[proud_yank]

Also, what is it with the ruling elite and their 'beer and popcorn' rhetoric? I have had so many people at school say things along the lines of 'all these people would do with their money is buy beer and lotto tickets'.

Ironically, the people who have said this are usually heavy drinkers and play the lotto when the jackpot is high enough. Strange.