Goosing the Golden Egg?

Some random thoughts about the state of the nation and the actions of the government:

1. The government seems intent on being Big Brother in all things, but ends up being Big Bumbler instead... witness FEMA, et all.
2. The economy is heading toward a hard recession whether the data shows it now or not... and the Federal Reserve is the trigger mechanism.
3. Oil prices are annoying, but the market will adjust... just like it did centuries ago when tulip bulbs reached astronomical prices... if the government will just step out of the way and let market forces work on the supply side, too.
4. Free markets seem to be supported by the government for corporations, but not individuals (tip of the hat to Dick Pasky)... can outsource work, but can't buy prescriptions from Canada, respectively.

Could it be that our government is simply interferring too much with the economy and that might be the reason that boulders appear in the road? Nah. Our government knows what we want and need and how to best provide it for us... doesn't it?

"When we consider that this government is charged with the external and mutual relations only of these States; that the States themselves have principal care of our persons, our property and our reputation, constituting the great field of human concerns, we may well doubt whether our organization is not too complicated, too expensive; whether offices and officers have not been multiplied unnecessarily and sometimes injuriously to the service they were meant to promote." --Thomas Jefferson: 1st Annual Message, 1801. ME 3:331