"Where does this end? Logically, it doesn’t. If all it takes to drag us into de facto socialism is an endless parade of victims, whose status as such makes us unwilling to challenge the false statements and phony premises made ostensibly on their behalf, then demagogic politicians will eagerly provide those political human shields in perpetuity. And the line of volunteers for that role and the money that presumably comes with it will ever be long. SCHIP, 9/11 widows, school referendums, bridge collapses – the specific issue matters not. The common thread is always emotional wailing over the vast suffering sure to follow if more of your money cannot be spent and accusations of selfish cruelty intended to intimidate those who dare object to it. "From the article, spot-on, is the fact that LAWYERS have waltzed us down this path, preying on the taxpayers' deep pockets, and with the windfalls of "class action lawsuits" (i.e, Microsoft, Big Tobacco, AT&T breakup, etc., etc.), we've been warning-labeled to oblivion in the name of "safety", and paying billions to those who do stupid things, or happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, etc.
Pouring billions into the pockets of Lawyers for "victims" of fate Katrina, 9/11, smoking, flooding, etc. has not eliminated accidents or natural disasters.