[JohnGalt]

The Greatest Looting Generation simply refuses to ask their children to cover the difference and prefer to steal from the young using the government as an agent of theft.

This bill is nothing compared to the $200 billion debt financed adventure in Iraq to build a welfare state, but it an enemy of civil society.

[george wythe]

The Greatest Looting Generation simply refuses to ask their children to cover the difference and prefer to steal from the young using the government as an agent of theft.

I'm thinking that since we can't beat the big government, we might as well join the big ripoff.

I once worked for a company that delivery medical equipment/services to Medicare patients. The company owner told me that suckling Medicare's udder is more profitable than drug-dealing.

Now that Medicare will join the prescription drug racket, my former boss will have to refine his previous statement. Providing Medicare's drugs will be as profitable as any other drug dealing scheme.

And it's legal. The gubment will publish a list of how much the drug companies will be able to overcharge seniors,("fair" market prices), and this entitlement will become huge.

[Joe_October]

.... This bill is nothing compared to the $200 billion debt financed adventure in Iraq to build a welfare state, but it an enemy of civil society. ....

You're complaining about Iraq costing $200 Billion. What did it cost to deal with 9-11? The Terrorists attacked us and would do so again because they believe that the wouldn't fight back. Sorry to disappoint them.

Of course your analysis was complete as always. I've read that this bill is bad, that some have estimated at $40 Billion but government spending is always estimated low, that old people are stealing from the young over and over again. If that is all you have to report, why waste the bandwidth?