Definition of tyranny: No waiver from ObamaCare
Over at American Thinker recently William Sullivan recounted how some of us are not covered by ObamaCare, most recently the companies and unions that received waivers — 111 so far. And as Sullivan notes they "are all influential entities with considerable financial or political clout."
Under the heading of if-you-like-your-insurance-you-can-keep-it, the Department of Health and Human Services explained the disclaimer process:
"Applications for waivers from annual limit requirements are reviewed on a case by case basis by Department officials who look at a series of factors including whether or not a premium increase is large or if a significant number of enrollees would lose access to their current plan because the coverage would not be offered in the absence of a waiver."
So some are more equal than others. Like Congress, who exempted themselves from ObamaCare before it was passed.
In Federalist No. 57, James Madison wrote:
"I will add, as a fifth circumstance in the situation of the House of Representatives, restraining them from oppressive measures, that they can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society. This has always been deemed one of the strongest bonds by which human policy can connect the rulers and the people together. It creates between them that communion of interests and sympathy of sentiments, of which few governments have furnished examples; but without which every government degenerates into tyranny. If it be asked, what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer: the genius of the whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws; and above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America -- a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it."
If Congress can make no law that does not cover themselves, where is your waiver?
