Never: You will have to define "lefty". We are talking about a situation where the American taxpayer has been (and will continue to be) billed a literal fortune so that vested interests can make money (which they have no intention of sharing with JohnQ. American shmuck).

"Lefty" wasn't (and isn't) my word. I was responding to the post (above) in which the word occurs. And my major point is just the one you seem to be making -- we have to be careful about assuming that we all mean the same things by the use of common words.