While many libs seek to expand government for its own sake, there are a number of them who think “something must be done” whenever some problem arises. That something, for libs, always involves massively increasing the power of government. Which usually ends of making things worse. It usually exacerbates the problem and bloats the bureaucracy. Libs can’t stand the idea of things improving without their heavy hand.
Yet over a century of empirical evidence shows that things NEVER improve with increased government interference and meddling.