In fact, things tend to cost more when the government does them. Witness California Governor Gray Davis fattening up the state by reversing privatization and hiring state workers to clean government buildings, at approximately double the cost. Fat Bastard has culinary designs on babies, which also has symbolic application. But the government is already spending the children's income, and that of generations yet unborn. The government even gets your money before you do, in the form of withholding.
Excessive fat is unhealthy for individuals and nations alike.
The American founders envisioned a limited government that would do only what was not practical or prudent for individuals. Since both Fat Bastard and the government are incorrigible, the only answer is to starve them down to size. But before that can happen, those who will lead the nation into the next century need to grasp the dimensions of the problem. Fortunately, some of the best teaching tools are unintentional. When Generation-X types hear politicians extolling the wonderful things government can do for them, they should think not of the sleek Superman but the omnivorous Fat Bastard.