Well, right - so long as both the democrat party line and the republican party line are the same on the issue, there's really nothing to be done about it. My p

Well, right - so long as both the democrat party line and the republican party line are the same on the issue, there's really nothing to be done about it. My point is, though, that the question the article is posing - that it's time for us to ask: "Is it worth it?" has already been asked and answered with a resounding no! Even without the privacy breaches, the financial cost alone isn't justified. But the privacy breaches are huge and problematic too.