Posted on 10/01/2013 10:50:37 AM PDT by george76
One of the most profoundly unfair provisions of Obamacare is that members of Congress and their staffers were unilaterally and illegally granted a special exemption from the law they themselves passed. Unlike many Americans, many of whom have been forcibly kicked off their current health care plans, the governing class and their staffers as of now will keep their insurance providers and receive an enormous taxpayer subsidy (depending on which plan they choose) to off-set rising health care costs. Sound fair? I didn’t think so. As it happened, many congressional staffers threatened to resign if they were forced to enroll in the Obamacare exchanges and comply with the mandate -- even though many of them helped draft (and ultimately pass) the legislation.
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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said it was “reasonable and sensible” to vote in favor of delaying this provision for one additional year. So how did he and his party end up voting? Well, in the end, along with every other Senate Democrat, he and his colleagues rejected House Republicans’ plan to avert a government shutdown. Splendid.
What does it say about a democratic republic that those who govern 'We the People' feel entitled to receive special privileges and exemptions from laws they themselves pass, while at the same time express no qualms whatsoever about forcing ordinary Americans to comply with them?
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<< Haven’t they created a separate class of citizens? >>
Yes.
<< What happened to Equal Protection under the Law >>
Gone
Who could forget? I remember that about 80% of the people didn’t want this and every, I repeat, every democrat in the house, the senate and Obama voted for it. What happened to representing the people? The democrats have not been about that for about 30 years at least. They are about protecting their jobs and propagandizing people before an election with buzz words and sayings like ‘it’s the economy stupid!’ Not real intelligent stuff, but they don’t need it for their voters.
Just wait until the working people find out what is really in this bill and what it will cost them. Things will be different for about 20 years or so. When the democrats start to lose, just watch them scramble and lie.
Exemptions and waivers “granted” by obama are against the law. Of course obama’s IRS won’t enforce it. But maybe the next president will. Unless we get one who says “Let’s move on” and “Islam is a peaceful religion”.
Hmmmm, maybe the GOP should stand up and refuse any subsidy for themselves and staff, and I mean all of them, and let the Dems chew on that. But we all know that wont happen because they really do want it for themselves.
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