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Older hill aides shocked by Obamacare prices

Older hill aides shocked by Obamacare prices. “…the older staff in my office (folks over 59) have now found out their personal health insurance costs (even with the government contribution) have gone up 3-4 times what they were paying before,” Minh Ta, chief of staff to Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI), wrote…” Oh yeah, Moore voted “YES” on the crap sandwich. Guess this is why dads advise sons not to p*ss into the wind…

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stinkfoot says:

November 23, 2013 at 9:28 am

Interesting how it is the congressional staff who is being caught off guard by the price structure and not the congressperson him/herself who supposedly voted on it without reading it.
Navyvet2 says:

November 22, 2013 at 9:07 am

The "Aides" should go on partial strike. Refuse to blow the large donors and then either the elected sleaze has to do it him/herself or lose the donation. That'll teach em.
poppajoe49 says:

November 21, 2013 at 7:28 pm

Life sucks when your vote comes back to bite you in the ass.
Joe Redfield says:

November 21, 2013 at 6:41 pm

But...but...how can we expect dedicated Congressional staffers to work selflessly for our enslave...er, benefit... if we don't completely insulate them from reality?
- deepthinker says:
  
  November 23, 2013 at 9:06 am
  
  There is the problem. They are just like those in academia. They have no @#$%ing clue as to what the real world is about.
  
  Welcome to the party, pals.!!! Now line up for your kool-aid and have a real big drink of it. Dumb asses. All of them can thank their bosses for voting for the piece of shit legislation that got them in the situation that they find themselves in.