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RUSH: Some Dingy Harry staffers are going to be exempt from Obamacare? <\/p>\n

You know the only place you want to be with this health care jazz? You want to work for government. That\u2019s where you don\u2019t have to play ball. That\u2019s where you get subsidized, that\u2019s where you\u2019re exempted, that\u2019s where you don\u2019t have to participate in it. From CNN<\/a>: Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare\u2019s architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law\u2019s new exchanges.<\/line> <\/line>“Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.” Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell have all directed their staff to join the exchanges. Dingy Harry says (paraphrased), “I\u2019m not putting my people in there! I want \u2019em to stay working for me. I can\u2019t have \u2019em go to the exchanges and get ticked off and leave. I can\u2019t pay \u2019em enough for them to go there.”<\/line><\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t say that, but that\u2019s obviously what he means. I got a sound bite when we get to the roster. It\u2019s another Obama supporter, another woman, who thought Obamacare was a miracle, and now she can\u2019t afford it, and she\u2019s flummoxed. She doesn\u2019t understand. (interruption) Look, I know it is.<\/p>\n

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Yeah, you could say Dingy Harry is trying to undo the law of the land. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s no question. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line>RUSH: I want to go back to something I mentioned earlier in the program. “Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare\u2019s architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law\u2019s new exchanges. Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders.” This is a CNN story, by the way. “In the charged atmosphere surrounding Obamacare, Reid\u2019s decision only gives Republicans more ammo to attack Democrats already suffering politically from the law\u2019s botched rollout.” <\/line>You know, the people who wrote this law, the people who promoted it, the people who are out there actively trumpeting this law, are the first ones to exempt themselves from it. They\u2019re the first ones to demand subsidies to help them pay for it, when they earn $175,000 a year. Now, it\u2019s amazing and it\u2019s a great illustration. They write laws for the rest of us, but they exempt themselves. <\/line>Now, there\u2019s a thing called the Grassley provision of Obamacare, and here\u2019s what it says in its entirety. “Enrollment by Members of Congress and Congressional Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning July 1, 2013, Members of Congress and congressional employees would be required to use their employer contribution (adjusted for age rating) to purchase coverage through a state-based exchange, rather than using the traditional Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.” <\/line>There is nothing in there about an exception for staffers. It says members of Congress and congressional employees. That CNN piece that I\u2019ve got here says, “In September, Reid told reporters, ‘Let\u2019s stop these really juvenile political games — the one dealing with health care for senators and House members and our staff. We are going to be part of exchanges, that\u2019s what the law says and we\u2019ll be part of that.'” That\u2019s what he said back in September. Harry Reid has exempted his staffers from having to go to the Obamacare exchanges. It\u2019s typical. It\u2019s par for the course. <\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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