mike_in_nm:

Regulations will save us from our inherently selfish selves.

As well they should. I want to have more, more, more--it's human hard-wiring. I can't be counted on to do the right thing myself because I'm selfish. I can't be counted on to make a reasonable balancing decision. I'm too selfish. Please, government, save me from me. Take from each of us according to our abilities. Give to each of us according to our needs.

(pardon the reductio ad marxism)