Kennedy, apparently unable to restrain his Inner Socialist for one more second, piles on with Nationalized health care.

A combination of forced business participation and massive government outlays, the government part alone will cost $100 billion a year. The economic impact on businesses (50 or more workers) is not taken into account.

Anyone who thinks the costs would not balloon far, far beyond $100 billion a year in short order needs to take another look back at the original estimated costs for Medicare, compared to what they turned out to be.

Kennedy pretty much proves the "slippery slope" argument that has been raised against creeping socialism in this country:

"For decades, we have required employers to contribute to Social Security and to Medicare. We require them to pay a minimum wage, and contribute to unemployment insurance. Now it is time to say that they also have an obligation to contribute to the cost of health insurance for their employees," he said.

In other words, if some collectivism is okay, how do you possible argue against more of it?

And you can bet it won't stop with that laundry list, either. Tell me, at what point of centralized government control is it largely irrelevant who actually "owns" the means of production in a country?