[rwfromkansas]

The medicare plan I support; it starts the path toward privatization.

[GeronL]

The medicare bill will not lead to privatization... it says they'll think about it 2012 or something. It will be loooong forgotten by then.

[Capitalism2003]

"The medicare plan I support; it starts the path toward privatization."

Judging from history, the projected cost of Bush's new drug entitlement will likely climb by 400-500% within ten years...meaning it will cost closer to $2 trillion dollars than the 'low' $400 billion he has proposed...Sorry, but I fail to see how spending such an insane amount of money starts us down the road to privatization. This is vote buying, and it will be drowning future generations with massive debt...and unbearable tax burdens.