Is it any surprise? Government now sets values for the compensation of business leaders, Doctors, Insurance companies, and punishes those they deem unworthy.
Create a government, and it will govern. That's what they do. Elect a government with near limitless power and expect it to be used. The nation wanted Change, and by golly they will get it.
I find It fascinating; something as innocuous as a pocket knife, of any flavor, can be seen as bad or good. Inert objects have no agenda or intent; they are tools of the user.
Don't mistake this as an assault on an object; as stated in the first paragraph above, its about control, broad control. To decry the basic nature of Government, to control its citizenry, is not a waste of time, but it is a deed done late in time, and suffers there in. It's hard to stop a train but its far simpler to prevent it from moving. The elections in 2012 is not that far from us, and we can impact balance of control in 2010. Should we miss 2010, 2012 will be impossible, unless government does as it always has... Our surest hope is that the American public will tire of change.