None of us should be so naive as to think there are not even "Republican" politicians who do not secretly desire to have this power of interdiction in people's lives; as in the case of lawyers who generally who want to extract self-importance and money from all social interactions.
There is virtually no politician in Washington DC who really is willing to place the citizens autonomy and dignity above his/ or especially her (like in nannyism) self importance.
When one comes to realize this egomanaical dynamic, along with the fact of the modern ability of virtually every citizen to access and evaluate competitive products and services (as in internet), one comes to the realization of how really ugly our centralized government is. Is that not obvious in the prosaic personal instances of a Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, or the arrogant Harvard a**holes?
The solution of course is to cut off centralized government, its authority, and its funding, at the knees. I believe we will all subsequently get by, and in the long run prosper in individual dignity like no other society on Earth.
Johnny Suntrade