so the private sector does not work better. neil: i have been rejected by private insurance companies for coverage. i know what you talk about and i am hardly an endorser of that system but i will say this. in this case you know that medicare as it exists is not going to work, the business math does not favor it. the numbers don t favor it. so, isn t it inevitable to say that on its present course you either scale back benefits, force people to pay more, or raise taxes, or a combination of all, to keep it going? guest: i think, again, i will go back to what my reverend friend jim wallace says, if i have $100 to spend and i am head of a country . neil: i know, i know, you don t like the fighter jets, but i am here to say the way this system is going right now, it is