Re: Bushwhacking
To the elitist, rules are always for the Little People. Making laws that they themselves are exempt from has long been a major occupation of our legislators.
For example, these are some of the people who are allowed the luxury of whether or not to participate in the Social Security program:
-State and local government workers participating in alternative retirement systems of their employers (HI tax is mandatory for state and local government workers hired since April 1, 1986). There are about 5 million such workers hired before 1986 who are not currently in the program.
-Career federal employees hired before 1984 who did not choose Social Security coverage (HI tax is mandatory for all federal workers).