From rich2:

Welcome to The Outer Limits: There is nothing wrong with your life.  Do not attempt to adjust the picture.  We are controlling transmission.  If we wish to make it harder, we will bring up the taxes.  If we wish to make it easier, we will raise your benefits.  We will control the jobs.  We will control the energy.  We can deny the healthcare, make it cost more and force you to sell your house.  We can change the definition of words such as freedom, marriage, and progress and blur or sharpen them to crystal clarity.  For the next lifetime, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.  We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your life.  You are about to participate in a great adventure.  You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the Socialist/Regressive mind to — The Outer Limits of Government Control.