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"Obamacare is an inequality Godzilla."

-Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), in the Tea Party response to President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union address, January 28

"You simply don't know how to shoot this beast, because it does not have a known anatomy with the normal vital organs that make it tick." 

-Ying Kwong, a technology analyst in Oregon's Department of Administrative Services, on the state's failed health exchange, The Oregonian, January 18

"The elimination of staff's traditional health care has been a complete disaster. If you wanted a legislative branch run by K Street lobbyists and 25-year-old staffers, mission accomplished."

-an anonymous Capitol Hill aide on the switch to Obamacare coverage for congressional staff, Politico, January 13