Again And Again -- Or Worse

clipped from www.qando.net We periodically recoil in horror at government’s failure to protect foster children or care for veterans or the mentally ill. But then we turn around and assume government will perform better in areas more complicated. Why does the failure of government so often lead so many to believe we need more government? Like the hair of the dog for the alcoholic, it may calm the trembling hands for a moment but it inevitably leads to another spree and another hangover. Or worse. And, as Hayek said, we’ll again see “how little [men] really know about what they imagine they can design.”