Posted on 11/17/2014 1:51:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Anyone supporting “Obamacare” is a fascist.
That being said, it would be a good idea to give everyone the same tax benefits on their health insurance premiums as employers get for providing it.
Since wage and price controls are a thing of the past,
there is no need to use health insurance as a “income supplement” in order to attract good employees.
Sure it has. Soak up big public subsidies to build crappy websites and put out third-rate insurance. Dump your employees into an exchange and pocket their premiums. What’s not to like?
Makes me hate Über. I wish he hadn’t said that.
NO FRIGGEN SALE.
They think we're that stupid.
I agree with the premise that it’s helpful to sever the links between employment and health care coverage.
That’s an artifact of union bargaining to circumvent WW2 wage controls. By insulating user from payment, it produced the cost spiral in health care.
This only shows businessowners can be stupid.
Make no mistake, getting out from under health insurance costs is corporate America’s fondest dream.
Since they're independent contractors it doesn't cost Uber anything!
“Uber doesn’t hire these people they’re independent contractors!”
Give it a few decades and most of our economy will be this way.
Ditto.
And heath insurance as part of ones’ employment compensation package should always have been taxable as income ... because it is income.
That said, taxes overall should be much much lower.
So in essence...
Obamacare has been really good in growing the “Unregulated underground economies”.....
Well, duh, usually the “black markets” THRIVE in communistic systems....
If you sold cigarettes and toilet paper in soviet russia, as long as you avoided or paid off the authorities you had it MADE!
Oh look! I no longer give a $hit if cities continue to ban this outfit.
Then watch their foolishly-smug smiles disappear when you inform them that they have just effectively endorsed the Walmart employee salary and benefits plans that they so love to demonize and demagogue.
Let me pump $85 billion of our grandchildren a money a month and I too will appear to be a hero of the economy. Until the Bill comes due..
Why should “health insurance” be connected to employment?
That’s just an artifact of union bargaining during WW2 to circumvent wartime wage controls.
Exactly, and this is the problem that needs to be solved, because the days of steady employment are coming to an end, due to globalization and technological advances.
I used to use Uber. No more.
But I do have the personal number for one of their drivers. I will call him, but directly rather than through Uber.
Agreed
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