Ron Paul on Washington's Intervention Addiction

Our "representatives" have a sick addiction: They are always intervening (i.e. placing limits on freedom and property) in an attempt to "solve" problems that they helped create in the first place. Washington's resident physician has something to say about that:

Addicts are told the first step to recovery is to admit their problem. To cure this addiction to intervention we have to honestly admit the problem and once and for all kick the habit. That will involve some pain, without a doubt. There is no easy, painless solution to the mess the disastrous economic interventions of the past have wrought. The question is – do we allow some lending institutions to collapse, or do we allow the dollar to collapse? To extend the metaphor, do we endure the temporary discomfort of withdrawal, or do we continue on until there is a fatal overdose? We can delay the agony, but only for a little while, and then we will all end up paying the price for the mistakes of a few.

With the final passage of the Housing Bailout Bill quietly on a Saturday in the Senate, and the President's signature, our government has unfortunately chosen the latter.

We tried to make 'em go to rehab, they said, "No, no, no."