We talked on Friday about how the federal government uses the tax code and the allocation of federal funds to control the behavior of as many people as it can. That tax break you need? Here are our terms. That federal funding you can't do without? These will be your policies if you want the money. By making the federal government so big and all-encompassing, Democrats have managed to make it virtually impossible for much of society to conduct business without some sort of favor from Washington - and the price of course is your total compliance with everything they want you to do.