THE MYTH OF MIDDLE CLASS SECURITY: Three uncomfortable but incontrovertible facts about some of the most popular of the proposed government initiatives meant to provide more security for the middle class -- 1) Many, if not most governmental "security" programs simply don't work 2) Even the security programs that do work come with a steep, sometimes punishing economic cost, and 3) Any effort to assure economic security inevitably involves a loss of freedom. -- Michael Medved, townhall.com, 11/30/06