Sure, because a small group of Washington insiders knows better about what decisions are right and what decisions are wrong than the unwashed masses of us making them.

"Slippery Slope" doesn't even begin to do this concept justice.

Oh, but this kind of "subtle mind control" crap has been working great in Britain, you say? Well kiss my ass, but didn't we row row row our boat out of there a couple hundred years ago to get away from a bunch of elites that were certain they knew what was best for us?