Well it appears that with the Dems in control of both the house and Senate we can expect them to push forward with  their socialist agenda. Don't get me wrong I'm all for helping others, but I'd prefer to do it on my own rather then having the state take my money and hand it out to those which don't really need it. With that being said it looks like the Big Three American car manufacturers are going to lobby congress to patch the doughnut hole in Medicare.

"This is probably No. 2 or No. 3 on the list of things that Nancy Pelosi wants to do, right behind the minimum wage and Iraq," said McAlinden, referring to the Democratic congresswoman poised to be the new Speaker of the House. "All they need from Bush is a pledge not to veto Democrat's attempt to fill in the doughnut hole."

But McAlinden said it will be expensive for Democrats to pay for the new benefit. Some estimates put the cost at $200 billion over the next decade.

Guess where that $200 Billion is going to come from? That's right from our pockets. The unfortunate thing is that due to the war in iraq people ignorantly voted for Dems and now we're all f'ed. That's not to say that the Reps would have been a good choice, but a nice balance could stop both of their agenda's from coming thru. Once socialism has a hold it is never loosened. Take welfare for example. That isn't going anywhere anytime soon. To even mention reforming welfare could be a death sentence for a politician's career.