Almost everyone is "attacking" chuck for this post. Look at it from another point of view;

1) Mandatory licensing of professional services increases the prices of those services.
2) Overall, the standard of living is higher today than it was 30 years ago.
3) Rent control leads to housing shortages.
4) A company with the largest market share is a monopoly.
5) Third World workers working for American companies overseas are being exploited,
6) Free trade leads to unemployment.
7) Minimum wage laws raise unemployment.
8)Restrictions on housing development make housing less affordable.

Personally, I don't think it's a case of one political viewpoint vs another. I think it's more a case of those in political power vs those who aren't. The American government has been regulating and interfering in the private industry for years with both parties taking turns "at the helm", so it is something BOTH sides of the issue are guilty of.

There are times that it is beneficial for the government to regulate something. If it involves the security of the country as a whole, then it should be regulated. The American (federal) government has over-stepped it's boundaries when it comes to power over it's citizens. This has been done very slowly over a great number of years. So slowly, in fact, that many Americans are still unaware of just how much control the government has over their lives.

When I read the original post, I threw out the entire "liberal" base argument, because the Republicans were just as guilty of the same thing when they were in power.