Taking away their surplus at gunpoint is 'only fair'
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama to tell nation that health reform is
key to economic recovery, controlling deficit," said today's
3:06 p.m. news flash.  No, actually, the key to economic
recovery and controlling the deficit is giving me 10,000 ounces
of gold, a nice bungalow on Maui, and all the unblended Scotch
whisky I can drink.  This is hilarious. This guy is convinced
they'll believe ANYTHING. If having government pay for just the
health care of the poor and the elderly has driven us to the
brink of hyperinflation and bankruptcy, surely having government
run THE WHOLE THING will eliminate our debts and deficits in no
time ... right? Never mind the little man behind the curtain,
that being the non-partisan congressional budget director, who
last week reported the current scheme would drive costs UP,
despite the fact their goal is to let old people die while they
wait their turn for increasingly out-of-date medical treatments.
(See: "Life expectancy, Soviet Un