More on Newt

So Newt Gingrich continues to impress with his policy recommendations. The latest -- to privatize Medicare through the popular Medicare Advantage (Mother Jones) -- looks like yet another GOP Ponzi scheme to take tax payer money and give it to private corporations (in this case the healthcare industry to the tune of $30 billion). In the new world of "Gonzo Capitalism" (let's see if that takes off), there are no limits to greed or choosing profits over people, even as the situation for the average American continues to decline. The latest census figures show that almost 1 in 3 Americans are living near, at or below the poverty level: Slatest (some media outlets have been reporting 1 in 2, which would put us in the Great Depression zone). I have been wondering for the last fifteen years if this madness will ever end, but I don't see it happening any time soon. Instead we have become a veritable Plutocracy, where the people have as much real power over daily political and economic reality as in the former USSR. I love the Occupy Wall Street movement, even with all it's faults, but it's really time to reoccupy Washington DC and demand that our representatives actually represent our interest.