"One of the clearest messages from the Town Hall forums during the August congressional recess was that people want Congress to be covered by the same health care reform plan they impose on the rest of us.... [A]n amendment offered by Rep. Dean Heller, R-NV, during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting just before the recess began that would have required Members to be covered by the Public Option plan if they approve it for private citizens. Predictably ... the Heller amendment was defeated, with all 21 committee Democrats voting against it. "
Or, in other words: “'The higher taxes, debt payments and interest rates needed to pay for health reform mean lower living standards.' But lower living standards for you are a small price to pay in exchange for more power for the political class — whose living standards won’t be going down at all . . . . "
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