Oh, wait...they already tried that...(For you, and others so historically-deprived, I will go ahead and point out that they did that in the Soviet Union and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe).
And they do it now in Cuba. Bet you don't see THAT mentioned in the looiestream press when it fawns on Cuba. Be good little Castro Scouts!
Mental health is so intimately tied to the concept of fitness to participate in society at all, that the government fingers should be kept far, far away.
What is up with people supporting this, or any twisted version of this, on a Conservative message board? I'm beyond appalled.