Too Much Freedom?

As our government attempts to tackle the problems in the economy, let us keep this in mind:

"It's been said that when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. For politicians, bureaucrats, and many activists, when the only tool you have is coercion, the cause of every problem looks like too much freedom."

from “Too Much Freedom” by Roy Cordato, in The Freeman July/August 2008