GOP Staffer on Vitter Amendment: "Congress Literally Threw Staff Under The Bus"

[kpete]

GOP Staffer on Vitter Amendment: "Congress Literally Threw Staff Under The Bus"
The latest Republican assault on Obamacare involves jacking up health insurance costs for members of Congress and their staffers. That has some GOP aides upset.
—By Erika Eichelberger | Mon Sep. 30, 2013 3:29 PM PDT


There's a new front in the battle over Obamacare: Republican congressional staffers are angry at their bosses for trying to deprive them of affordable insurance. [...]

"I understand it politically, and as a talking point," one rank-and-file Republican staffer says of the Vitter and McCaul measures. "But Congress literally threw staff under the bus on this…You're hurting staff assistants who are sorting your mail."

Staffers don't make as much money as you may think, he adds. "When I started on the Hill answering phone calls, I'd hear people saying, 'You're a rich congressional staffer,' and I'm like, 'you must be out of your mind.'" Some low-level congressional employees make as little as about $28,000 a year; House staff salaries are the lowest they've been since 2007.

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the rest:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/obamacare-employer-contribution-exemption-vitter-amendment%20?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2Fmain+%28MotherJones.com+Main+Article+Feed%29

[el_bryanto]

1. It's the GOP - a big part of their program is screwing Government Employees

While I believe all Government Employees (and all Employees period) should be treated fairly and fairly compensated, if you choose to work for a congresscritter who's dedicated to slashing your pay and benefits, I don't think you should be surprised when he slashes your pay and benefits.

Bryant

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Okay, not actually *literally* but the point is still valid. nt

[Bandit]

3. And yet they will still vote Republican

Cry me a River......

[C_U_L8R]

4. Not Congress

It's the Republicans, stupid.
If they want to change the world for the better they should quit.

[egold2604]

5. And all of the Republican staffers should quit

All of the Republican staffers should quit today in protest of their Republican bosses to throw them under the bus. This will force their bosses to actually read legislation, etc.

I know it won't happen, but one can dream...