Slowly but surely we’re learning what’s really in the unpopular government-run health care legislation passed by Congressional Democrats and signed by Barack Obama.

Today’s revelation? Leadership staffers appear to be exempt from the mandate. Unlike you schmucks who just pay taxes and vote, the aides can do whatever they want.

House GOP aides and the non-partisan Congressional Research Service believe health care legislation passed this week requires lawmakers to enroll in government-run insurance programs — while exempting leadership staffers, many of whom were instrumental in crafting the bill.

Top staffers buzzed yesterday on an off-the-record Capitol Hill list-serv, citing the part of the mammoth legislation that deals with members of Congress. The federal government can only make available to members and their official staffs health plans created by the bill or offered through an exchange. …

The loophole for leadership staffers could impact thousands of Hill employees. There are 16 active leadership offices in the House and 26 in the Senate, according to the government transparency website LegiStorm. Some are small, with just a few employees. Others are much larger; Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid 54 employees a total of $1.1M in the last quarter of ‘09, while House Min. Leader John Boehner paid his 26 staffers a total of $721K in the same quarter.

In other words, the legislation will create two classes of Americans: The powerful political class, who make the law and spend the money, and us low-class schmucks, who just make the money and defend the country.

This legislation is full of kickbacks, bribes, and flat-out corruption.