Yes, this is George Will, but he effectively starts the list of NannyState government actions (with also a hit on big-Government Republicans) and the driving hubris … “… the distilled essence of Progressivism is that government is a a) benign, that is, disinterested force — that’s false — and b) it is stocked with experts who are really gifted at doing things.” Ayn Rand described the “Aristocracy of Pull” wherein
