Privatized for your protection

• Mark Schmitt: "...you can't really claim a mandate to privatize social security when you accused your opponent of lying when he charged that you intended to privatize Social Security..."
• Hullabaloo: "I'm assuming, of course, that if employers drop health insurance they will then be required to give their employees a raise in the amount of what they were paying for their health care, less the tax break. They will do that, won't they? Of course they will. Otherwise, these working people will be forced to "save" money that they don't have. That wouldn't be right. But if that happens let's face it, if you can't afford to make ends meet that's what churches are for. Be good and maybe you'll be allowed some charity. (Or you'll be allowed to pray for some, anyway.)"