Posted on 02/12/2014 7:36:20 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
Anyone following the debates over ObamaCare has been hearing a lot about "job lock" these days.
"The Affordable Care Act will enable more than 2 million workers to escape 'job-lock' — the situation where workers remain tied to employers for access to health insurance benefits," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to cite just one example.
All this job-lock talk was sparked to defend ObamaCare after the Congressional Budget Office reported the work disincentives it creates will lead to the loss of the equivalent of 2.5 million full-time jobs.
But it turns out that the Democrats' claim that millions can't escape the jobs they have solely because of health insurance is debatable. And to the extent that job lock is a problem, it's far from clear that ObamaCare will solve it.
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It is easy for the rats in the $inate/House and the White Hut to say this.
Most if not all of them have never had a real job in their life time. They have gotten PC checks for being there.
What makes it easiest for them is a multi-billion dollar media (campaign) that covers up for them.
“Job lock”: it started with Monica Lewinsky.
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