Monday, September 16, 2013

ObamaCare and Congressional Subsidies

"Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has demanded a floor vote on his bill to end an exemption that members of Congress and their staffs are slated to get that will make them the only participants in the new Obamacare exchanges to receive generous subsidies from their employer to pay for their health insurance. Angry Senate Democrats have drafted legislation that dredges up a 2007 prostitution scandal involving Vitter. The confrontation is a perfect illustration of just how wide the gulf in attitudes is between the Beltway and the rest of the country — and how viciously Capitol Hill denizens will fight for their privileges."

There was a Constitutional Amendment floated around that basically said, Congress will be bound by the same laws as every other American.  IOW no perk or privilege.  If they passed a law they were not exempt from it.

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