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Old 04-26-2017, 07:09 AM
 
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Politicians should quit taking advantage of benefits and start working for their salarys. I'm sure if they didn't have these cadillac insurance plans they would have some skin in the game.
It's just more of the same crap that's been going on for years. Politicians are special. Just ask them.....
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Old 04-26-2017, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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They never were forced to take Obamacare. Neither party wanted anything to do with it.
Um, no. Congress critters and some of their staff had to leave the federal (employer-provided) health insurance program and buy their insurance on the ACA exchanges. FACT CHECK: Do Members of Congress Get Free Health Care?
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Old 04-26-2017, 07:30 AM
 
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Short term limits.
12 years max. No retirement. Serve the public then get out.
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Old 04-26-2017, 08:33 AM
 
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Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.
House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

And as always...the American people will sit on their butts and allow them to get away with this!
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If you honestly believe either "side" is going to live under the same rules as us peasants than you need some meds yourself.
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Why term limits are essential.
Career politicians serve themselves.
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It's the politicians' creed on both sides of the aisle: I got mine, everyone else is on their own!
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Politicians should quit taking advantage of benefits and start working for their salarys. I'm sure if they didn't have these cadillac insurance plans they would have some skin in the game.
It's just more of the same crap that's been going on for years. Politicians are special. Just ask them.....
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12 years max. No retirement. Serve the public then get out.
agree. They have no shame. Plus, the other benefits and perks:
https://www.thoughtco.com/salaries-a...embers-3322282

10 Perks Congress Has That You Don't
https://www.fool.com/investing/gener...00001&mrr=1.00
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:27 AM
 
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If you honestly believe either "side" is going to live under the same rules as us peasants than you need some meds yourself.
You do know that it was part of the ACA that Congressmebers and staff had to buy health insurance on the exchanges, just like their constituents? That was a Republican initiative, intended to keep Democrats from voting for it. And yet, they did.

Your "both sides are bad, so Republicans should be forgiven anything" argument will not fly on this one.
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:29 AM
 
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They never were forced to take Obamacare. Neither party wanted anything to do with it.
100% untrue. The Republicans had that provision added, thinking that it would keep the ACA from passing. The Democrats shrugged and voted for it anyway.

Dude, we can look these things up on the Internet.
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Old 04-26-2017, 10:29 AM
 
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This is what 'drain the swam' was suppose to impact. We were suppose to get rid of those guys that continually make choices for themselves, their donors and forget who their true constituents are (not just the folks who voted for them but all of the citizens in their districts).

No swamp was drained......so we will have the same ole.
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Old 04-26-2017, 12:59 PM
 
Location: north central Ohio
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If you honestly believe either "side" is going to live under the same rules as us peasants than you need some meds yourself.

From the article~"A bit of background is helpful here. Obamacare requires all members of Congress and their staff to purchase coverage on the individual market, just like Obamacare enrollees. The politics of that plank were simple enough, meant to demonstrate that if the coverage in this law were good enough for Americans than it should be good enough for their representations in Washington."
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Old 04-26-2017, 01:08 PM
 
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Congress is on Obamacare . They have to buy insurance thru the D.C. Exchange which has a crap load of options.
How many people making what they are making can purchase a gold plan for what amounts to very little, can see a doctor for free and have free access to military hospitals?

They did a great job convincing people they got what everyone else got but they is not true.
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Old 04-26-2017, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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Why term limits are essential.

Career politicians serve themselves.
This isn't about career politicians, just the perks that come from being in Congress. Term limits won't change the fact Congress would never pass an amendment that blocks them from getting paid during government shutdowns or force them to enter the exchange like us regular Joe's.
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