Whenever you give a person a spotlight or the microphone, some people cannot handle the power -- because they haven't lived their whole lives preparing for that moment -- and responsibility. That's why many of these lottery winners instantly lose their fortune and go even farther into debt. Because the more important thing is not the money -- but the ability to manage it.
That's why the proposal to have people manage individual accounts is so important -- and not just the money people will receive once they retire. If they haven't learned to manage money well, no amount of money will be adequate; with the money-handling experience and skills, a little can go a long way.
The materialists place great importance only on these material things -- thinking that is all that matters. But no amount of resources is enough if the people are not resourceful enough to multiply its value and usefulness.
Freedom is the same kind of precious resource.
If people haven't learned throughout their lives how to manage it, conserve it, expand it -- they think it is the freedom to victimize others. One cannot expect to liberate a country and the next day, they are up and running a full-fledged democracy -- without problems, without a learning process. So for these congressman to expect that "Our work is done, we got Saddam, goodbye and good luck," is obviously setting up a country and people for failure.
Obviously that's what these "liberals" want, as further proof of their own superiority.