Republican Socialism Nov 25, 2003 8:20:06 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by RS Davis on Nov 25, 2003 8:20:06 GMT -5 [glow=red,2,300]Rep. Ron Paul, MD Wrote:[/glow]Congress worked late into the night this past weekend to pass a Medicare prescription drug bill that represents the single largest expansion of the federal welfare state since the Great Society programs of the 1960s. The new Medicare drug plan enriches pharmaceutical companies, fleeces taxpayers, and forces millions of older Americans to accept inferior drug coverage – while doing nothing to address the real reasons prescription drugs cost so much. - Rick