Newspaper: More government is not the answer

From an editorial in Investor's Business Daily about the hostile federal government takeover of American capitalism:

So many things emerging from our government these days are so, well, crazy, that it's hard to keep up with them all. And maybe that's the point.

The recession, the market meltdown, huge job losses, and plunging home sales and prices have left Americans reeling and frightened of the future. In such a fraught state, they're vulnerable to those who seem to have simple, pat answers for the questions of the day. And whatever the question is, the answer will always be the same: More government.

Unfortunately, this is the kind of small-ball socialism that will ring the death knell for American capitalism, if it goes unchecked.

Today, we have the least capable, least accomplished people in the country — our 535 national legislators, abetted by a handful of presidential advisers and Cabinet members — seizing control of the private sector in ways that appear to be a violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of the U.S. Constitution.

And we, the people, are letting them do it. Where's the outrage?

Read the full editorial at the newspaper's Web site.