Our tax dollars at work!
They were running water conservation commercials while New Orleans was under water.
Government today thinks they are in the business of steering people because some bureaucrat seriously thinks he “knows best.”
Technocracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy
They are telling you what car to drive, what vaccines to take, what oil to cook your fries in, or even if you're allowed to go to a restaurant and church, if you need to wear a face diaper...
Today America can't build a toilet that works right (the EPA cut the water use down so far they didn't flush right for a long time). They tell you what light bulb to use... what insurances will cover... What your doctor will do (standard of care)...
The US has become everything we once claimed to be against, everything we once mocked and made fun of. I remember in the 1980s when we used to talk about places like this in disbelief such as the East Germans (DDR) when X-raying folks and vehicles crossing the border.