Why do things always go wrong?!

So why do the economic policies and efforts of the political left just about always result in failure?  This article has some good, accessible, insights.

Wrecking the Gasoline Can

Have you bought a new gas can in the last three years?  If you have, it has only one opening in the top.  I bought one, and thought "huh, that's odd, I remember cans having a vent hole". 

Turns out the lack of a vent hole is intentional - and caused by the government. 

Yup, in the name of reducing spills, regulations are decreasing the quality of gas cans and actually increasing spills.  Progress.