I’ve put together a collection of political cartoons that show government as a bloated, clumsy, and sometimes malicious person.
This isn’t because of any special animus, but rather because the unintended consequences of government intervention are almost always harmful.
Consider the issue of higher education. Politicians start with the warm and fuzzy notion that it would be good to help more people go to college. 
So they create loans and grants to help them pay for tuition.
Sounds nice and noble, right? And just think of the votes that can be harvested from grateful parents!
So is this a win-win situation for both politicians and students? Well, let’s look at the real-world results.
As explained in this video, there’s a lot of evidence that these loans and grants are the reason that higher education is now far more expensive (just as there is powerful data showing that subsidies lead…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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