[Alberta's Child]

You've hit on a pathological mindset that affects even people who consider themselves die-hard conservatives. The problem is that people have this idea that everything in this world -- with the exception of their own labor, of course -- should be as cheap as humanly possible.

That's how you end up with the typical case of a medical doctor who calls on government price controls of gasoline because gasoline "costs too much," and a gas station owner who calls for nationalized health care because his medical insurance "costs too much."

[linda_22003]

I absolutely agree with you. The "what about me?" refrain sounds odd coming from a group who's supposed to think people should not depend on government for so much.

[new cruelty]

That's how you end up with the typical case of a medical doctor who calls on government price controls of gasoline because gasoline "costs too much," and a gas station owner who calls for nationalized health care because his medical insurance "costs too much."

Or the citizen who calls for a reduction in taxes and an ease in the production of gasoline additives because gas "costs too much".