Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, January 31, 2011 7:22:22 PM
The Left likes to name and attack as hypocrites federal legislators who are against Obamacare but accept the health insurance provided to Congress.
However, this is a misapplication of the word "hypocrite". Representatives and Senators are elected to their positions, and these position are their jobs. They are voluntarily accepting health insurance offered voluntarily by their employer. Obamacare forces people to get health insurance and puts certain requirements on private businesses.
It is rather telling that these Leftists either can't see the different, or they are counting on you not being able to see the difference.
It is a safe bet that the legislators would also vote against forcing private businesses to offer the kind of security protection Congress gets, too. And Obama isn't sharing the Secret Service with all of us, either.
That one person earns something does not create a moral imperative that every person gets the same thing.