Putting a face on the casualties of Obamacare
Jimmie Bise gives you a preview of the obituaries that will be written if Obamacare passes.
…to drive home the real cost to real people, I decided to do some quick “back of the envelope” calculations to see just what kinds of businesses might have to start firing people if the President’s health care scheme becomes law.
Consider Company A, which employs seven people: a manager, an assistant manager, and five workers. The owner pays himself a salary of $70,000 per year (about $35/hour), the manager $52,000 ($25/hour), the assistant manager $35,000 ($20/hour), and the five employees $21,000 (about $10/hour). That makes a payroll of $262,000. Now, the article doesn’t say how much the fine for a payroll that size would be, so I’ll assume either 6 percent ($15,720) or 4 percent ($10,480). The lowest total, as you can see, is more than half the salary of one of the worker bees and the higher figure is even worse. If I were running that business, I’d say the easiest way to solve my problem would be to fire one of the worker bees. That would reduce my payroll to escape the fine and it would leave me with more money as well. Sure, my business would be less productive, but it’s not terribly difficult to get make up for that one lost employee by having my other six work a little bit harder.
So what kind of businesses might fit Company A’s profile? How about a small restaurant or a neighborhood grocery store? Many franchised convenience stores could meet that description, as could any number of local insurance companies, construction companies, and contractors.
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One thing is for sure, life as we know it in the good ‘ol USofA will be different than anything we’ve ever known and that goes for the lives of liberals like lgm, RSS et al.
Misscheryl said:
They will be the first to piss and moan about how this Wonderous Pseudo Healthcare biil was not what they expected. Right out of their mouths you will hear” We did not know it would be like this”
Prices will go up too. Indirectly, the consumer will pay for all these programs. Not a tax (and the libs will insist on reminding us), but it will still reduce the buying power of the paycheck and force more people to cut back or get into credit problems. You end up with a endless circle of economic disasters, including unemployment as companies cut back and sales drop. The end result may be exactly what this radical government wants: more people relying on Pelosi, Reid and Obama.
No they won’t. They will claim it’s working! Sure, there are a few kinks in the system, but you have to give it a chance etc. blah, yadda…
Kool-Aid poisoning is virtually permanent.
export jobs for those who can, and import off the books slave labor for those who can’t. until the gubmint actually prosecutes and jails those who hire illegals, it’s a winning strategy. no regulations, and mo money. no wonder all those sophisticated wealthy libs in hollywood have so many maids and gardeners.
Dexter Alarius said:
You are right, there I was thinking logically again. Its like beating a dead horse with these Liberal Clown Shoes.
To the libthugs, that fired worker would just be another broken egg needed to make the omelet.
BHO heard all of his life that America needed to be changed. He believes he is the agent of change. I talk to a lot of small business owners and they see a very rough next four years even if they do survive. They get quiet when I ask them if they voted for this kind of change. What they don’t say anymore is that it would not have made a difference.
Glenn Beck has received hundreds of e-mails from small business owners indicating they would pretty much do the above scenario.
Also, not mentioned is that they would shelve any hiring plans.
The Democrats in Congress are not stupid. They know this is what is coming and they do not care. That is a key point. THEY DO NOT CARE how much the average American will suffer and how many will die prematurely. That is how much they crave siezing 1/6th of the economy and attempting to gain permanent power.
Amen.
Only a few types still support this madness: the naive &/or stupid; those who believe America screwed them personally because someone else may have something they didn’t get & inherently deserve; the moocher class (all income levels, especially Congess) who are looking for the angel to line their own pockets. For the most of them, when people defend this, all I hear is the bleating of sheep.
Oops! My keyboard can’t spell today. I meant to type Congress & angle!
I wonder how many of these ‘worker bees’ across this country voted for the Prez? I mean, somebody had to have voted for him…it can’t be that they all feel like we do.
fly – you are absolutely correct. This is about one thing: power and control. We have got to get out of the mindset they these people are just sadly misguided. No, they aren’t. They want to tear it down to build it up and remain in power till hell freezes over.
Well for once I do agree with Hussein Obama-America needs to be changed-Big Time.
On the details we may have some disagreements-Big Time
Thanks. Upon reflection, I guess their indifference to our potential suffering should be a determining factor in how we treat them.
We need to do what we need to do to stop them in their tracks.
Kudafa,
I think you got it right the first time.
fly, in my mind the mere discussion of “don’t they know what they are doing” wastes time and energy and is simply a diversion. I will say, I believe Sarah Palin is someone I can put my money and energy into. I believe she will go a long way to help our cause. It’s obvioius, or the black left wouldn’t be so viscious towards her.
Ditto.
Anyone who The Left, John McCain, and Colin Powell hates that much has my support.
Concur. But, I’m keeping my eye on Meg Whitman, too.
Moe: (calling out breakfast order) “Adam and Eve on a raft! Wreck ‘em!”
Finally some people are getting it. Can’t tell you how many times lately I’ve heard the phrase “Elections have consequences“.
stillontheroad said:
My thoughts: those who will continue to support this plan (chap, lgm, ziggy,, et al) think they will not be affected by it: that we peons will suffer because you get what you deserve. They won’t have to suffer, because they will rise to the level of the chosen ones.
Just wait until they find out that they did not contribute enough, or bow down enough, or bend ov…. well, you get the picture.
IMO, the top 3 reasons why people voted for BHO:
1)”I’m white and I want to feel good about myself and show others that I can be open minded and vote for an African American.”
2)”I’m an African American and I want someone who is the same color as me to be president.”
3)”Anybody but Bush/Republican”
And about half the smaller retail outlets in the country. Watch the next time you drive down the street, all those little storefronts will be hurt.
In any case we’ll see a lot of govt. dependents on TV demanding the govt. spend more more on health care because it is their right they are being denied their rights blah, blah blah…. This is where Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton get involved.
shooter, yep, I drive down streets and make a point to look for but find less retail or private trade style businesses occupying buildings. Many of the buildings now are health or community org. style. Quite distressing.
I guess one way to look at the U.S.A. going down the Odopey crapper is like a “Drive In Theatre”
A place to hold giant swap meets.
Obamacare will also raise the effective minimum wage to near $14 per hour.
Wait till you add the adjustment for inflation………
Every consider how many Americans will fall into the “rich who make over $250,000″ when inflation hits?
See? There is a method to their madness.
Rogue Cheddar: Unfortunately we are going to be served that old mess hall staple — SOS
With the Democrats it’s business as usual. Pass bad legislation that drives up costs and slows the economy. When the next election comes along and the news is bad, they will point fingers at the Republicans blaming it all on them. The hapless Repubs will start defending whatever they are accused of as to why they screwed up so bad.
The Democrats will laugh up their sleeves and plan the next social program they can foist on America. It’s a vicious cycle with the Republicans as the gerbils in the exercise wheel spinning round and round and going nowhere.
We need a new party that askews political correctness, calls a spade a spade and says “ok, I’m a racsist or homophobe [insert any name you wish here], so what, we’re still going to speak the truth regardless if your sensibilities are offended. “
It’s time the tail quits wagging the dog in this country and we tell the minority to take a hike.
A lot of businesses get around government mandates by hiring only (or predominantly) part-time employees – one of my sons is dealing with such a situation, which effectively limits the number of hours he can work.
Other small businesses get around the mandates by not having “employees” at all, but “sub-contractors”, the situation I currently find myself in. I have to pay all my own taxes (the only benefit I might possibly see is workmen’s comp if I’m injured while on the job).
In other words, instead of helping people, the government mandates hurt the very people they claim they’re trying to help.
The late great Ronald Reagan had it right; the most dangerous words in the English language (or any other language if translated) are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’
OT but I’ve seen people comment on here I haven’t seen in forever! Yay!
Of course business owners can make it easier on themselves when it comes down to whom to fire. Just go out and check your employees vehicles for Obama bumper stickers. The choice is easy! Voting does have consequences.
An irony of all this is that one of the groups that will be hit as ‘rich’ are the very doctors in the medical system.
Consider a single doctor practice and you see few employees. A couple working the desk and books. An RN to assist the Doctor and then a contractor cleanup crew or maybe a book keeper.
Not a lot of choices there to ‘trim the fat’ from personnel standpoint.
So your Doctor is going to be taking a hit and is already up to his ears in clients and can’t likely take the additional new insured patients.
As a side effect all of his supplies will increase in cost due to parallel activity in the places that make those supplies and such.
It will become a not good thing to be a patient the day after a new batch of invoices arrive with all the price increases.