But many say the state has no business interfering in people's private decisions.
Gibson has the odd job of writing public words about the government's most private decisions.
Private decisions in markets supposedly are morally and economically better than any public or collective action.
How can such private decisions by those who govern us not affect their public priorities?
The initial proposal would have even allowed private decisions about how names were to be listed.
"But as long as it is a product of private decisions by individuals or groups, it doesn't violate the Constitution".
Despite his "Father Knows Best" public persona, Mr. Giuliani's private decisions are far from black and white.
Thus, many Chinese are realising that the government has no right to intervene in their private decisions.
There is a chasm between the public stance many liberals take on education and the private decisions they make.
All of this proves that our seemingly individual and private decisions to buy cheap products can generate huge social costs.
And setting a clear limit on liberalism's ability to micromanage Americans' private decisions might make voters feel more comfortable voting to re-elect their micromanager-in-chief.
