Your post reminds me of something Reagan once said.
To paraphrase, Reagan said that there are people (liberals) in far off Washington, DC, who think they can plan our lives for us better than we can plan and live our own lives.
It was true decades ago, and is true today. The liberals are all about big government/top down solutions to every conceivable problem.
I hope this gets discussed in political campaigns. The issue of big government/more government/more bureaucracy vs. giving people more freedom in our personal lives, in running our businesses, etc. would be an interesting discussion.
And part of that debate should be the fact that the bigger the bureaucracy, the bigger the tendency that we see unintended consequences, or make things worse than they were before. Prime example is Obamacare as the solution to our health insurance problems in this country. Let’s discuss if the liberals solution has really made things better.
As a wise fellow once said on CNBC...
China has central planning by mathematicians, engineers, and scientists, and the US has central planning by lawyers.
Neither one is good, but by definition we lose.