Bush & Company

Should the budget/tax plan of the relentless House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan ever go into effect, Medicare "as we know it" would be thrown on the mercy of the stock market, the insurance industry and the pharmaceutical companies and seniors now 55 and younger, with paltry limited vouchers, would be obliged to scramble to find plans they could afford from a so-called "choice" of insurance companies. With all medical, insurance and prescription drug costs continuously spiraling, this would be an exercise in utter futility. Medicaid would also be a victim.. Mr. Ryan clouds the harsh realities of his plan with standard misleading D C bafflegab.

Moreover, bestowing on the wealthy still lower taxes is a heinous scheme to make the Federal Government too strapped to afford the programs needed by those less fortunate than the financially elite untouchbles.

Mr. Ryan just won't quit
Nor wants to compromise a bit,
Even though the people know
It's really not about the dough,

But about their Medicare
That his budget plan won't spare.
Nonetheless, he touts his scam
Like a plan that's not a sham

And I'll wager they're aware
That the cad just doesn't care.