Politicians are leaches, mostly. - Tibor R. Machan

Regulatory policies are inherently redistributive; that is, they involve the seizure of earned income for purposes of allocating this income in ways the government’s policymakers believe are more important than do those whose income has been seized.

[The media] assume, in the way they address politicians or report on social problems, that whatever is important to society must be a matter of public or state concern.

If one behaved as a good citizen or a charitable person simply because one was dreadfully scared of the state placing one in jail, one would not be a good citizen or person but barely more than a circus animal.