how many american businesses are going to &has& to shutdown because of obamacare?
None - remember, the GOP wouldn't raise the minimum wage because businesses could not survive unless they used slave labor? Did businesses close last year when the present government adjusted the lowest of incomes - not one company had to close!!! Listen - ALL other countries have mandatory health insurance with a public option. I understand your concern. Somebody who doesn't know the difference between singular and plural can't understand the implementations of the health care bill either.
How many shut down due to illness, bankruptcy etc and ridiculous insurance premiums giving huge insurance profits? How is it that all other developed nations have universal health care as a right not a choice. &Gets& real!
Higher taxes, new taxes on long term capital gains, new taxes on wealth are going to shave significant percentages off the GDP. And that means a smaller economy and less opportunity for everyone.
Whatwill probably happen is you are going to see temp agencies become very very popular, companies will hire less of their own people and contract people out so they dont have to deal with this.
Bulldozer maker Caterpillar Inc. who contended that health care reform in its current incarnation would cost the company another US$100 million on top of the US$650 million it already spends to insure its 150,000 employees. It will increase costs for companies!
