Prescription drug coverage. Universal, of course.

Here's Paul Campos on the latest nail in our fiscal coffin. Another comment on this can be found here.

The Democrats and Republicans are gouging at each other over who can dump the largest entitlement on the elderly. The fact that Medicare is already identified as the biggest time bomb in our economic future means nothing. As Keynes said, in the long run we'll all be dead.

I remember when the Republicans were supposed to be the party of limited government. IMO, Bush's biggest failure so far has had nothing to do with Iraq, but with his unwillingness to hold the line on ever-increasing government power and looting. Farm bill. Steel tariffs. Education without vouchers. And now this.

This prescription drug bill plays right into the hands of those trying to force us into socialized medicine. The Democratic leadership knows it, too. Ted Kennedy calls this bill a "solid down payment." The hairs go up on the back of my neck when I hear that.

Odd that many of those who were spewing blood from their eyes over the deficits supposedly caused by a $350 billion tax cut over ten years, are dead silent on the economic effects of a $400 billion spending program over the same time.

The "Robin Hood Principle" states that if you need something bad enough, you have the moral right to steal it from someone who has more than you do. Or, preferably, get someone else to do it for you. This now seems to be a root principle of not only Democrats, but Republicans. In fact, it seems to be becoming a part of foundaton of the American way of life. Of course, it's wrapped in semantic fog about "social responsibility" or other such terms. But it doesn't change what's actually being done.

Odd that a person who would be shocked at the idea of going door to door to his neighbors asking for money for his needs, sees no problem with having others take care of him provided the cash is laundered through Washington first.