To sell, novels must be plausible - so popular fiction reflects prevailing worldviews.

Wasting millions on buying newfangled equipment, storing it for some years, and then junking it unused? Must be the TSA!

Yelling STOP is not good enough.

Environmental regulations tend to make the environment worse in other ways, at great expense.

A national health system is not the same as actual health care.

Universal health insurance will make it very hard to actually see a doctor anytime soon.

Government services for some people costing too much? Kill 'em - well, "encourage" them to die.

The government doesn't want to fund unproven drugs - but how can you prove drugs work unless somebody tries them?

Our government has finally taken an effective step to deal with our ever-expanding pension liabilities.

American parents have had ultimate responsibility and ultimate authority to bring up their children. Government now claims ultimate authority over children.