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   bellsouth.net to Bill Steele   
   Re: Ditzy Debbie defends Obamacare   
   28 Mar 12 00:04:49   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.neal.boortz, alt.politics.usa, alt.politics.economics   
   From: sid9@   
      
   "Bill Steele"  wrote in message   
   news:jkqcpo$j1d$1@ruby.cit.cornell.edu...   
   > On 3/25/12 2:00 PM, Neal Boortz wrote:   
   >> While ObamaCare is top-of-mind, let’s talk about the Democrats and their   
   >> pitiful attempts to defend ObamaCare.  For this we turn to Ditzy Debbie   
   >> Wasserman Shultz.  She says that ObamaCare will be a “boon for small   
   >> businesses.”  Seriously!  She explains that this will be good for small   
   >> businesses because they will get a 50% premium tax credit on their   
   >> coverage.  Getting a 50% tax credit for something that an employer is now   
   >> forced to provide is not a “boon” for business owners.   
   >>   
   >> If brains were dynamite this lady couldn’t blow her own nose.   
   >>   
   >> The truth is that ObamaCare will be the opposite of a “boon for small   
   >> businesses” because it will discourage hiring, particularly the hiring of   
   >> full-time workers!  Keeping the number of full-time workers under 50 will   
   >> be key to those employers who cannot afford the risk of paying fines for   
   >> not covering employees.  The Heritage Foundation did a study, which found   
   >> that the cost to an employer of hiring a full-time worker increases to at   
   >> least $10.03 per hour and for those with family health coverage, it is at   
   >> least $13.75 an hour.  The result is that businesses hire less full-time   
   >> workers.   
   >   
   > My employer provides health insurance. That's why people want to work   
   > here. Let themarketplace decide. No, wait, that's what Republicans keep   
   > saying...   
      
   It's also the reason unhappy employees stay stuck to jobs they   
   hate.....Employer funded health insurance.   
      
   Employer funded health insurance has inhibited the USA from universal health   
   care where all modern European nations already have it for many many years.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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