Maybe it is that simple.

From Stephen Green on Instapundit. He is talking about California's steady decline into statewide dysfunction owing to public policies inspired by socialist thinking.

Milton Friedman said that if you put the government in charge of the Sahara desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand. Put progressives in charge of the nation’s most advanced economy, and pretty soon you can’t even keep the lights on.

I am seeing a lot of this form of statement lately. True but provocative.

You read it and you want to argue with it. "Its more complicated than that." Then you marshal your argument and you realize, "Well, yeah. Maybe it is that simple."