[Cojofl]

That's weak. Government intervention in pricing may not be a good idea, but that does not imply government intervention in any area will be harmful. That excerpt alone seems like a strawman argument.

Government intervention to handle market failures is not the first step on an inevitable a slippery slope towards communism. Markets can screw up. Informational deficiencies, non-excludabilty, non-rivalry, excessive market power, risk, uncertainty, externalities, un-enforceability of contracts, collusion, excessive entry and many more things can at times lead to socially inefficient market outcomes. That is, situations were government intervention may be useful, because a better outcome might be achieved.