"One of the great problems of left-wing politics is that precisely the people that Democrats, liberals, and socialists believe should be most enthusiastic about new and ambitious government programs designed to help them are often the least enthusiastic, and they often vote for the party that wants to cut public spending.

One of the reasons, and one that I think we don't talk about enough, is that their experience with government has often been terrible. Their experience with government programs designed to help them is not only inefficient, but also punitive, humiliating, and controlling.

That is because, at times, those programs are designed to humiliate them, punish them, and control them."