Congress to get Obamacare exemption: report

MarketWatch ^ | 8/2/13 | Michael Kitchen

[illiac]

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The White House has approved a deal that will exempt members of Congress and their staff from some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported late Thursday. Under the law, popularly referred to as Obamacare, lawmakers and their aides were required to source health insurance "created" by the law or offered through one of its exchanges, and without the subsidies they currently enjoy, the members of Congress would have faced thousands of dollars in additional premium payments each year, the report said.

[illiac]

Why buy a dead horse???

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Since ObummerCurse has been identified as being a tax..
how can Obummer exempt Congress and all their staff from paying a tax ?

or are we just exempting the " Power Elites " in order to create a separate caste in order to create 'class envy' ?

[Snickering Hound]

Please do it. It'll be fun.

[Gaffer]

So, I’ve been thinking about the 1799 French Revolution and wondering just how the revolutionists actually picked which person or group to guillotine. I’m thinking that if it ever got around to that here, one of the criteria might end up being ‘those that got Obamacare exemptions’......

Just musing here..

[Mr. K]

WHAT?????????????

SINCE WHEN??? I THOUGHT IT WAS MANDATORY AND INCLUDED IN THE LAW ITSELF

[Bubba_Leroy]

Well that's a relief. I was really worried that the congress-critters would be stuck with Obamanationcare like the rest of us.

Obamanationcare is for the little people, not for the ruling class.

[txhurl]

Sue under Equal Protection.

[alancarp]

PAYOFF

[cherry]

we all know the answer.....we are in communist Russia with the party people vacationing on the Caspian Sea while the peasants work the farms, the mines, etc struggling to get by....

People voted for this........even some freepers....

this is the dark ages...

[chiefqc]

Any moron who voted for this nightmare should be thrown out of office. Not only did they have no idea what was in this nightmare they were just sock puppets who did as they were told by their leadership.

[novemberslady]

Since ObummerCurse has been identified as being a tax.. how can Obummer exempt Congress and all their staff from paying a tax ?

Bttt

Well, we're waiting for your answer ladies and gentlemen.
Taxes for us?, but not for you?

Go ahead and explain to us regular folk how STUPID it is to try to defund obamacare Mr. Burr.
Yep, stupid me, I helped get you elected.
Won't happen again...

[markomalley]

The nomenklatura always have their privileges. What’s the surprise?

[Lazamataz]

The White House has approved a deal that will exempt members of Congress and their staff from some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported late Thursday

You wanna motivate our side to the polls?

Tell them this.

Over and over and over.

[Irenic]

Walk Like An Egyptian

[ilgipper]

I want my exemption, too!

[MrChips]

Where’s Robespierre when he is needed?

[Gaffer]

I dunno....I’m kinda partial to a Madame DeFarge kind of ‘accuser’....except that she be Tea Party. “Off with their heads....eeeeeeyaaaaaahhhhh!”

[Whenifhow]

3:39 Minutes
Scarborough Lashes ‘Embarrassing’ Congressmen Who Refuse To Face ObamaCare Fees They Voted For
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daqi7zJsEaE
Summary under the video
Excerpt:
“It’s awful, so embarrassing,” he said with a chuckle. “They passed this law!” He then put on a faux-deep voice and pretended to narrate what he predicts to be the theme of many upcoming Democratic primary ads: “Congressman Scarborough voted for ObamaCare to raise your health premiums and yet he had the president exempt him from ObamaCare. Let’s exempt Congressman Scarborough from Congress.”

[catnipman]

Just watch. Either Congress will exempt themselves and their pets from Obamacare, or fuehrer Obama will exempt them by Executive Diktat. The Politburo always gets better medical care than the peasants. Doesn’t everyone know that by now?

[VerySadAmerican]

Well, the gopE is happy now since they’re not included in “the law of the land”, as boner said.

What would happen if everyone simply said “Screw you.” Does everyone go to jail?