...do things in the economy? liberals cross the line when they try to force people to comply with the government when what they do does no harm to others. They pass regulation after regulation that are literally too difficult for the average start up to comply with so it keeps out competition. They pass tax increase or threaten to pass tax increase that takes away from the feeling of well being of a business or person so they dont expand and start to hoard their resources because of uncertainty in how much they will owe the government in the future. In the private sector they have to persuade people to do what they wish not force them.