Precisely -- because they do not really believe that ordinary people who are not members of the political, academic or media elite like themselves can really take care of themselves at all.
These "ruling elites" take a paternal interest in the rest of society. All they ask is that we sit back and allow them to decide what is for our own good, and of course, to give over to them all our wealth so they can better decide what and how much we each should have! Clinton expressed it so forthrightly when he opposed tax rebates because "the people" might not spend it on the right things. The ruling elite does not even trust us to spend our own money! I wonder how long they will trust us to vote the right way. You may think I exagerate, and so did I until I read something about Katie Couric blaming the voters for the "loss" of a Senate seat.
The sad thing is, the Republicans are not that far apart from the Democrats in their view of the incompetence of ordinary people. Both parties believe that the lives and affairs of ordinary citizens must be administered and regulated down to the smallest detail. How far we have come from the time when James Madison described the Constitution as resting "all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government."
I don't know how you can say this.
Perhaps you are confusing Home Security with government micromanagement.
You should not...the security of our country is mandated role of the government in our constitution.
It is a valid purpose of our government.
We don't know if the Pubbies are for more government control of business.
Republicans have only been in charge for a short period between the 2000 elections and the Jeffords defection.
More importantly we know Pubbies are for parental control of education...as in school choice.
It has been shown that Bush is gonna get what ever he wants.
I bet we see reductions in growth and perhaps real cuts in the federal government.
Starting with democrats.
hehehehehehehehe snort :)