> Since you disagree, how about providing a list of specific experts in political science or economics who you'd let run your life. Better yet, which politician

> Since you disagree, how about providing a list of specific experts in political science or economics who you'd let run your life. Better yet, which politicians would you let control your life? If you put it that way, the answer is, of course, nobody. But in putting it that way, we'd be shifting the discussion away from the original point. Now we're suddenly talking about "people running our lives for us", about our freedom. Respectfully, I would suggest that's a rhetorical trick. I'm not an American, but I would have certainly trusted president Obama with the healthcare reform job. I'm not saying that I know he's right, I'm saying that I would trust him to make better decisions on it than I would make. Better for me, too. Would I let him run my life for me? I do hope that that is obviously a totally different question. (edit: note that I never said I disagreed - the "I know what's good for me" sentiment actually does very much resonate with my instincts, too. But that doesn't make it true... and so I think it's not useful as an objection here)