It is a given that conservatives don’t trust government and that liberals don’t trust conservative government, but it is just as obvious that liberal government doesn’t trust its citizens.  Liberal politicians seek at every turn to control more and more aspects of every citizen’s life.  Take this recent story of gov’t control over the thermostat in private homes:
Big Brother to control thermostats in homes?

The very idea is repulsing and offensive.  That liberal government doesn’t even trust citizens to responsibly and economically adjust their own thermostat is another glaring example of what happens when power beyond what is necessary for public security is centralized in government. 

Healthy relationships require a mutual trust.  Conservatives find this impossible when government holds more power than intended.  Liberals, however, put much confidence in such centralized political power.  Remarkably, the fact that their prefered form of government doesn’t trust them to set their own thermostat, somehow merits their trust. 

Why?  Why would anyone trust a centralized power, especially one that doesn’t return that trust?  What kind of warped realationship is this?