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Originally Posted by cameraeye
Congress men and women get their healthcare free from the government. They don't pay a thing for it. There salary is all paid by taxpayers. If anyone is freeloading off of the taxpayers, the congress is the first place to look.
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You say that as though these folks don't pay taxes. Am I missing something here? I am a goverment employee but I pay taxes like everyone else including congressional people. There is no special personal tax excemption because you work for the gov't that I'm aware of. The only "freeloaders" are those who contribute nothing to the system but reap huge benefits that would make a congressman blush. Guess who gets more free prenatal/postnatal care from the goverment: A pregnant congress woman or a pregnant welfare recipient? I think you know that answer. There are many other examples of those kinds of freebies out there.
Where is this big pile of money that gives these congressional people everything "free"? It doesn't exist unless you look at the money they put into the system in the first place. How are we paying for Ted Kennedy's enormous bills for his brain cancer surgery? It comes largely out of their(Kennedy's) pockets because they can afford it. What happens to Joe Average with brain cancer under nationalized care?....who knows but he'll never be able to pay the amount someone like a Kennedy can. The biggest "freeloaders" are those who pay nothing into the system and still get treatment not the US congress or any other working person.