Posted on 07/24/2009 6:21:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
Small businesses have always been the engine of the American economy and the heart of the entrepreneurial dynamism that characterizes our society.
Even today, in our age of globalization and multinational corporations, small businesses make up more than 93% of all business in the U.S., employ more than half of U.S. workers, and are responsible for 63% of all the new jobs created.
In economic downturns, small businesses are even more important; in the current and most recent recessions, small businesses have been responsible for three out of every four new jobs created.
This makes it all the more disturbing that the Democratic health care reform proposal emerging from the House is funded in part by a surtax of up to 5.4% on high earners. A full third of this new tax revenue would come from small businesses.
As the president has repeatedly said, creating jobs right now is our No. 1 priority.
Why in the world, then, would the Democrats suggest paying for health care reform by raising taxes on the majority of small businesses with more than 20 employees?
Higher tax bills for small businesses could force them to lay off employees or reduce the number of new employees they hire. Job-killing tax hikes are not a prescription for economic recovery.
And the small-business surtax is not the only tax increase being proposed at this perilous time for our economy.
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Here is a link to the full House Democrat Health Care Plan in PDF. In Section 1233 E & F, pages 426-433, you find the part about mandatory end-of-life counseling for anyone over 65 years of age. Many other provisions now being documented at that site.
HOUSE DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE PLAN - http://www.jeffhead.com/DemHealthCare.htm
Also, here's a large image of the Democratic (Obama) Health Plan chart-another Obama empty promise. This is the one the House democrats are censuring. Email these links or the image to everyone you know.
Obama and all those pushing his radical agenda are abject marxist ideologues. Their "fundamental; change" is nothing more than a destruction of the American free market and fundamental republican principle.
A PETITION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
Obama lies. He only wants to create union jobs.
Obama lies. He only wants to create union jobs.
He’s a liberal. All liberals lie, so what’s new?
If health care doesn’t kill it, the CPSIA (Consumer Products Satefy Information Act?) will.
http://cpsia-central.ning.com/
This is the stupid bill that makes it illegal to sell toys with lead-acid batteries or jewelry with lead crystal glass to children.
Are the kids going to eat the battery or the glass?
And there is much more in it to kill business. Hugh Hewitt is all over it.
Senator Brownback will be our next Governor.
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