The pot calls the kettle black...

So Democrats in Congress, tired of getting beat over the head over how they badly mismanage a plethora of federal programs, are deflecting our attention to those homicidal health insurance companies. Politico is reporting that an investigation has been launched into compensation and spending practices of the nation's largest health insurers.

I hope if you're reading this, you're not stupid enough to fall for it.

What business does the government have in telling a private company how to spend their money? There aren't any allegations of criminality. It's just the latest incarnation of class warfare waged by those whose political careers depend on, well, class warfare, to survive.

I'm certain there are highly-paid executives in insurance companies. Just like there are in every other major industry. And I'm sure that they've treated employees to nice retreats -- like they do in every other industry. So don't be surprised when these Congressional thugs drag insurance executives through a torture chamber of public ridicule, because, well, they made a lot of money.

Furthermore, the hypocrisy couldn't be more vivid. This is the same bunch of congressmen who were forced to back away from purchasing extra private jets to hop around the country. Something about a pot calling a kettle black comes to mind.

So they're worried about how much money the insurance companies are charging? Why don't they attend to how much money the government is charging us. And our kids. And our grandkids.

I don't pretend to think that the insurance companies don't need to change the way they do business. They do, if we want to have lower health care costs, but I hardly think the geniuses who have racked up a massive deficit, driven Social Security into near insolvency, and continue to fund inefficient and astronomically expensive entitlement programs ought to be telling a private company how they should spend their money.

I'm just sayin'.