http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HealthCare/Story?id=7920012&page=2
OBAMA: But what we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste that exists in the system that’s not making anybody’s mom better, that is loading up on additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care, that at least we can let doctors know and your mom know that, you know what? Maybe this isn’t going to help. Maybe you’re better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.
Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Replace Obama with any socialist or elite. The word 'evidence' and 'improve' aren't used in the normal sense of the words. The needed societal proscription has already been determined. Now the facts must be extrapolated in such a way as to confirm the 'correct' answer.
The above statement by Obama can be applied to any liberal idea. Gun control, free markets, individual liberty, marriage, etc. all fall under this design.
Think of every liberal attack against American freedom. The facts don't ever add up under scrutiny, but once the meme is determined they know they're right no matter what. To stand against them makes you a conspirator against 'real' progress (finally).
I'd suggest that at the heart of the progressive movement is idolatry. Liberals want to be God. 'They are the gods that would be.' Eugenics, anti-human attacks against both liberty and progress and every program are all built around creating man in their image.
If Cass Sunstein were your neighbor you'd warn your kids to stay away from him. In most American communities someone espousing his ideas would be ostracized. Yet at the academe he's a hero and the more education people receive the more likely they are to agree with Sunstein.