[Willie Green]

How about privatizing the program so seniors will really be able to shop for affordable prescription drugs without busting the federal budget?

The trouble with "privatization" is that the scoundrels never actually privatize anything.
Invariably, they merely leave the government program intact and allow their politically-connected cronies to get in on the scam.

[meenie]

You're wrong in the assessment of the modern political language. Privatizing means retaining government control while making the citizen believe he is in control. Since our government went socialist anything less than total control is privatizing. Are your investments private, your money in the bank, your telephone bill, etc.? Not by a long shot. Big brother is watching you in many nefarious ways.

[secretagent]

The Republicans really want to cut back the federal government, but they can't do it right now, since they don't have enough of a lead on the Democrats.

In fact, they have to pretend to like the Democrat ideas, so they can get votes and stay in power.

Once they get enough power, the Republicans will reveal their true intentions, which they can't do right now.

We should send them more money, work the phone banks, and generally work a bit harder for their reelections. Then some day our grandchildren can begin to cut back some programs, like Title 2,533, the Federal Toilet Paper Entitlement Act.

Future generations will never forget us, if we just stay the course.