Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:33:06 PM
Opposition to the Democrat takeover of the health care industry in the United States is growing. There are groups that are even willing to stand up and be counted as opposing the Democrats plan. That takes a lot of courage in Obama’s America. He is very vindictive and is willing to use the power of the federal government to crush all opposition. That some are willing to stand up and be counted says that there is a lot of opposition, more than Obama would be able to crush with a few well placed blows. The “big boys” are still supposedly in favor of the bill, but as the opposition grows they may yet stand up and be counted.
This morning on the Mike Gallagher snow, I heard an employer explain what would happen if he were required to provide health insurance for all his employees. He owns a service business, fast-food. He employs about 100 people both full and part-time. His current profit is just under $150,000. If he were required to provide health insurance under the Democrat plan, he would pay out more than his total profit to supply his employees. If the Democrat plan gets passed, he would have to go out of business. There are plenty of other small businesses that are in a similar boat with this owner. If required to provide health insurance, it would take more than their current profit to pay for the health insurance. He would be unable and unwilling to run the business at a loss.
Democrats would counter that he could raise his prices to pay for the health insurance. If the economy were humming along on all cylinders, that would be a possibility. Since we are in a recession with no end in sight, which is a limited possibility at best. People who frequent fast food restaurants generally would not be able to pay much if any increase in food cost. Raising prices would be to price him out of the market. That means the Democrat bill would increase the unemployed in the country and decrease the number of people that would pay the increased taxes.
Even run of the mill Democrats are starting to feel the heat. They were elected in districts that elected Republicans for a long time. They want to keep their positions. They know that another big tax increase would cause them to be defeated in 2010. As a result, the Obama administration and Nancy Pelosi are waffling on who is going to pay for this boondoggle. The original idea had everyone making more than $280,000 pay a surcharge. Now, they rolled it back to those making over $1 million. That means the bill is not “paid” for, like it was going to be paid for with the original tax increase anyway. At least, they can tell their districts that they focused the tax only on the “evil filthy” rich, those making over $1 million per year.
The mandate to pass this health care bill by the first of August is also starting to unravel. It looks like they are pushing the deadline back to the first of September for now. It does not matter when the bill gets passed. The problem comes if the bill gets passed. We need to keep the pressure on the Obama administration and the members of the House and Senate. The pressure needs to stay there until the bill is dead and buried for all time. Then, and only then, can we relax and worry about stopping the rest of the Obama agenda.
There is the cap and tax bill that is sitting in the back pocket of the Senate. They could bring this up at a moment’s notice and destroy our economy. We cannot let down our guard for even one second as long as Democrats lead the House and Senate and there is a Democrat in the White House. I hope those that voted for Obama and the Democrats have learned their lesson. If they have, things will go much better in the future. If not, things could be just as bad in the future. We can never really let our guard down for any length of time as long as there are Democrats in the House and Senate. They will always be there, so we have to watch them all the time.