before the ideas are cemented into law. Except that this kind of progressive nutcasery has been in full swing for years in many parts of the country-- at a local level. And if you think testing it in the real world (and watching it fail spectacularly) seems to slow it down, you're sadly mistaken. In Seattle, we just rejected a very progressive Mayor (Nickels) who embraced all of those ideas writ large (especially the 'getting people out of their cars') and instead just elected a very, very progressive mayor (McGinn) because apparently, we weren't sick of Nickels, Nickels just wasn't Nickels enough. Agree 100%. California is a great example of these ideas being tested and it has been a disaster. Even in MA health care reform has only proved to be more costly yet it never comes up in a debate. There have been plenty of examples that "progressive", socialist, leftist etc. policies are a failure, not only in the US but around the world yet people still believe in them and want to implement them. I believe this is due to three reasons: 1. Power hungry politicians who are just interested in the power so obviously the way to get power is to get more control. 2. The majority of people are really misinformed, ignorant or just dont bother too look at how those policies have fared in other countries. That is why they continue to elect certain politicians and approve of ridiculous laws. 3. There is part of