Posted on 08/20/2012 3:58:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
I’ve certainly complained about Obamacare from a fiscal perspective, warning that it means higher taxes and more spending.
And I’ve also warned that it will make our health care system less efficient and could lead to some of the horrifying examples of rationing and poor care that you find in the United Kingdom (scroll to the bottom of this post for some shocking examples).
But if you need another reason to be upset, it turns out that Obamacare is going to be a very lucrative gig for a new crop of government bureaucrats.
Here are some very disturbing details from the Pueblo Chieftan in Colorado.
Eye-popping salaries proposed for employees of the health benefits exchange being formed in Colorado grabbed the attention of Republicans and Democrats alike on Thursday. A subcommittee of the board charged with establishing the exchange is considering a draft budget for its federal grant application that would create 24 positions and pay those employees a total of more than $3 million annually to manage the health care cooperative. The average annual salary of a health benefits exchange employee would exceed $125,000 under the plan. …“We have executive directors (of state departments) that are in charge of thousands of people here that make significantly less than that,” said Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. …A Democrat on the committee overseeing enactment of health benefits exchange legislation in the state agreed that the figures are worthy of scrutiny. …Under the health care overhaul, states were required to establish exchanges. Colorado authorized its exchange this year in SB200.
Keep in mind that the $125,000 figure is an average, which means many of the bureaucrats will be getting much bigger paychecks.
And also remember that we’re talking Colorado, not someplace like New York City where the cost of living is a bit higher.
Even more important, the article refers to the “average annual salary,” which means it probably doesn’t include the gold-plated benefit packages that are far more generous than generally available in the private sector (state and local bureaucrats, for instance, make out like bandits on pensions).
And to show that this story is just the tip of the iceberg, let’s recycle my video about overpaid government bureaucrats.
And if all the data in the video doesn’t convince you, check out this chart.
It’s a criminal enterprise where you have to pay to play and we are the suckers who end up with the tab. I want to see criminal investigations and prosecutions, am I dreaming?
The primary purpose of government is to control and exploit the general population in order to provide a lavish lifestyle for the apparatchik.
Becoming?
Bump
Foxnews just mentioned theres a plan to convert all healthcare workers into govt employees and then unionize them.
sfl
Foxnews just mentioned theres a plan to convert all healthcare workers into govt employees and then unionize them.
Long Live the SEIU (sarc/off)
am I dreaming?
Corzine walked. Not a single banker was charged with the robo signer fraud. We no longer have a justice system.
agree ..more mafia
agree ..more mafia
The IRS will be the racketeers collection goons, coming to your business every week, threatening to audit you, take away your toys, your license, your passport if you fail to comply.
Another reason I’m planning my exit strategy. Heidi rats will be paid. Docs won’t.
Another reason I’m planning my exit strategy. Beurocrats will be paid. Docs won’t.
I give up. Though I like autocorrects spelling better than my fumble fingers on the iPad.
This is just one of the many vehicles used by liberals to steal from productive citizens.
1. Taxes
2. Crony capitalism
3. Taxes
4. Solyndra
5. Bureaucracy
6. Politicians
7. Taxes
8. Unions
9. Over-regulation
10. Taxes
... and so many more. They see everything as an opportunity to steal from those who work hard.
We are guaranteed social discord as long as minorities refuse to assimilate.
Things won't settle down until/unless minorities cease to be an economic burden and they finally become simply a numeric minority.
Lucrative gig for a new crop of government bureaucrats.
Translation:Bend over we will drive.
Any questions why only democrats voted for Obamacare?.
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