“It’s a telling coincidence that the latest scandalous
revelation about the National Security Agency (NSA) hit the front
pages just as the enrollment period specified by the Affordable
Care Act (ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare) was getting started,” writes Nick
Gillespie.

Each of these things underscores different but related aspects
of the virtually unlimited state that has ruined the peaceful
slumber of libertarian-minded Americans for decades. Whether we’re
talking about surveilling citizens without any sort of serious
legal oversight or forcing them to participate in economic activity
in the name of health care über alles, the answer
always seems to favor the growth and power of the state to control
more and more aspects of our lives. Is it any wonder that a
record-high percentage of Americans think the federal
government is too powerful?

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