Remember all of the hollering and screaming by
Democrats and their supporters such as unions and government workers for the
passage of Obamacare? Well, after they
got their wish, they decided that they don’t want to be ensnared in this
monstrosity. Last month, one of the biggest
unions in the country wanted an exemption.
A couple of days ago Detroit city workers demonstrated against the
proposition of being subjected to Obamacare.
And today, the IRS wants an exemption from the very law they are
employed to enforce. The Weekly Standard
reported the following exchange:
"Mr.
Werfel, last week your employees who are a member of the National Treasury
Employee's Union sent a form letter for union members to send in to ask they be
exempt from the exchanges," a congressman asked. "Why are your
employees trying to exempt themselves from the very law that you're tasked to
enforce?"
"I don't want to speak for the NTEU, but I'll offer a
perspective as a federal employee myself and a federal employee at the
IRS," said the IRS chief. "And that is, we have right now as
employees of the government, of the IRS, affordable health care coverage. I
think the ACA was designed to provide an option or an alternative for
individuals that do not. And all else being equal, I think if you're an
individual who is satisfied with your health care coverage, you're probably in
a better position to stick with that coverage than go through the change of
moving into a different environment and going through that process. So I think
for a federal employee, I think more likely, and I would -- can speak for
myself, I would prefer to stay with the current policy that I'm pleased with
rather than go through a change if I don't need to go through that
change."
This is typical liberalism: What is good for thee is not for me.
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