Last week President Obama and the Congress decided that they don’t want to play by the same oppressive healthcare rules as the rest of us. It seems that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), under pressure from Congress and the White House issued a ruling that allows the federal government to keep making contributions to the health care premiums of members of Congress and their aides.
The original text of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) says members of Congress and their aides MUST be covered by plans created by the law or offered through an exchange. This meant the OBAMACARE LAW APPLIED TO EVERYONE including those who passed the bill before they found out “what was in it.”
Not so fast. It seems that the Senators and House Members and their aides finally figured out they will have to do what everyone else in America is going to be doing. Namely they too were facing the threat of thousands of dollars in additional healthcare premium payments. Not now. They simply used OPM to make a special exception to Obamacare just for themselves.
George Orwell defined what is going on in Washington well through an allegory. It should be required reading for every citizen. When the pigs took over the government in his book, Animal Farm….. one of the ruling pigs has this to say when questioned about equality under the new regime, “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” Don't engage in self-delusion the pigs are in charge in America.
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