Obamacare will make us a part time nation

American Thinker ^ | 11/23/2012 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

There are already 8 million Americans working part time who want to work full time. It seems likely that number will skyrocket once Obamacare is implemented.

An Obamacare supporter is as stupid as the Democrats who passed the legislation in the first place:

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When my better half told me that her boss was thinking about cutting all full-time employees to part time in order to avoid the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act insurance requirements (for full-time employees), my initial response was, "Surely the federal government wouldn't have allowed such a blatantly obvious way of getting out of the requirement." But that turned out to be false.

In fact, major names in the service/hospitality industry (e.g., Denny's, Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse) are already in the process of going to a part-time employee schedule for all employees. Thus, as a very possible consequence of the short-sightedness of the Affordable Care Act legislators, more people will be working two jobs to make ends meet.

Yet acquiring a second part-time job may be an impossibility for a large number of service/hospitality employees. Most part-time employees in this industry do not work full eight-hour shifts in a day. Rather, they work five to six days a week for four to six hours at a time during the busiest hours. Thus, it may not be possible for part-time workers to work more than one job, because the days they will be available to work will have been constrained by the part-time job they are trying to supplement.

The problems, however, may not end there. Because more people will be forced into part-time positions and into working multiple jobs, then less people will have the time to go to college, have benefits like vacation and sick days,

[HomeAtLast]

I’m the mother of one such part time worker. It’s a constant worry that the employer will conclude they’ve got to cut some more corners in this decrepit economy — and the first to go will be the new hires, the under- 30hrs/week people. They’re practically temps anyway. And when they go, there’s no unemployment insurance.

The schedule of a part timer is also problematic, as mentioned. The first employer takes “prime time” leaving you late hours or odd hours. Some companies even put part timers on an ever-changing schedule, so it’s almost impossible to find another job because you never know from one week to the next when you will be scheduled at the first job. Forget about continuing education!

I’ve talked to a depressing number of people who say, “well, if you’re let go, just call county assistance!” I believe that is what the Democrats consider a side benefit: the new normal of 30 hours means a lot more people will eventually discover the joys of parasitism.

[Vince Ferrer]

What about those self service cafeterias they had in the 50s?

Do you mean Automats?

Buffet style restaurants have an advantage under Obamacare, as they outsource more labor to the customer. A SouporSalad type restaurant is probably more competitive labor wise than McDonald's.

There will also be a flurry of smartphone apps for these types of stores, because by having a smartphone app for ordering/payment, they can outsource more of the labor to you. Expect to see apps and special lines for pickup with a better deal to encourage their use.

Also, it doesn't take any technology to simply reorganize the company differently, and shed individual restaurants to small business owners, and just sell the franchise brand.

[Vince Ferrer]

Iirc McDonalds has the ability to automate every function in their restaurants. They have had it for years.

And now they have a reason.

[sergeantdave]

“Control of states doesn’t mean much when the states are little more than provinces of the great federal empire.’

This is the kind of surrender monkey crap that pisses me off. You want to give up? Fine. Leave FR. Go lick the hand of your slave master. If you’re not aware of all the battles the states have been engaged in and won, you’re a simpleton.

Jim Robinson has made a number of outstanding statements urging FReepers to take control and fight. Get lost, Leaning Right. You don’t belong on this website.

[Fee]

BUT BUT BUT I was told by a free trader that automation is GOOD because someone had to be hired to build the robotic machine, program it and maintain it!!!!! Those jobs will be created in the US to re employ all those high school grad factory workers that were fired!!!! So free traders, where are all those good paying robotic related JOBS!!!!!

[jivin gene]

“all the Obama voters to start weeping and wailing and gnashing thier teeth with jaws clenched like their fists!!!”

Blaming Bush!!!

[jivin gene]

“Donchaknow that it is rude to confuse people with facts?”

Just ask the whores who call themselves “the media”.

[freekitty]

Yep

[jivin gene]

“I think I can make it.”

Take it from me - you can. Do it now, while you can still enjoy life.

[MrChips]

The Obama voters won’t weep and wail. They aren’t even working, NOW! Only when their food stamps stop will they complain.

[RedMDer]

Ideally, we need every member and regular user to contribute to keep Free Republic up and running strong.

[Vince Ferrer]

BUT BUT BUT I was told by a free trader that automation is GOOD because someone had to be hired to build the robotic machine, program it and maintain it!!!!! Those jobs will be created in the US to re employ all those high school grad factory workers that were fired!!!! So free traders, where are all those good paying robotic related JOBS!!!!!

In a normal economy, pre 2008, I would be mostly with the free traders, if the automation was introduced organically over time. I would rather have automation than illegal immigration, for instance.

However, this is this is a wholesale tilting of the rules for everyone in America, all at once, with technology that is out already, available to be implemented. I really, really don't think anyone put serious thought into how companies would react to survive, although ten years from now it will be seen as obvious. But by then it will be irreversible.

[Vince Ferrer]

I’m 59, I’d love a 30 hr job. It beats the zero hours I’m working now by a helluva lot.

If you are disabled and in a wheelchair, I have an Obama era job for you. Obama wrote a regulation requiring wheelchair lifts for public pools. That regulation is now in effect, so you can get a lawyer and sue any hotel you check into with a pool that does not have wheelchair access to their pool.

[tbw2]

This trend toward part time jobs is also fueling the growth of crowd-sourcing sites, from contract work sites like odesk.com to local task based sites like taskrabbit. People with irregular work schedules can only earn extra money consistently by joining the online crowd and taking work that is available when they are.

[digger48]

Nobody else has mentiond that a 30 hour workweek will now become the new Full-time normal.

Unions are drooling at the thought of that xtra overtime.

This number didn’t happen by accident

[Leaning Right]

You want to give up? Fine.

Take a deep breath. Nothing in my post said surrender. But to fight an enemy, be aware of the conditions. The federal government controls everything. It doesn't matter how many county sheriffs we elect. It doesn't matter how many dog catchers are Republicans.

In my opinion, we can't wait 20 years for local conservatives to gain enough leverage to influence national politics. Sure, try to win local elections. But local and state power is nothing like it used to be. That was my point. By the way, I'm actually amused by how you sent a copy of your reply to me to JR. Do you try to tattle on everybody you disagree with?

[Son House]

First thing in every budget is Democrat Mandatory Health Insurance too, if anything is left over on a part-time job salary for most.

If (car or home) or (anything else)
All secondary to Democrat Mandatory Health Insurance

...and not ! (able to afford that 18 year old that wants on your insurance plan until 26)...

[Son House]

Forget buying a car or a house, you will pay for the Democrats Health Care Bureaucracy! And get nothing!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Worry not—I hear the hoof beats of the four housemen approaching. War is coming—grim and terrible war—world war that will envelope most of the world. People will be working long hours and the draft will be evoked for the Army of 20 Million will be needed and the fleet of 1,000 ships. Food will be rationed as well as gas, It will be a time of religious awaking and the churches will be full to overflowing. Atheists will be stoned in the street by mobs and Mosques set aflame by an angry populace. Let us hope I am wrong and wiser heads prevail. But I fear I am wrong.

[SierraWasp]

I remember you!!! You invented the "tagline list" on FR!!!

I'm certain you are right in your analysis and explanations. I just wonder why the IRS is so hot to trot on this, yet lets massive misuse of 501(c)3 tax status. It's just corrupt and sickening in so many cases.

I know they're watching this 1099 thing, but I'll bet there'll be quite a few that will form a 2nd, 3rd and 4th corporate entity to spin off a distinct division of <50 to appear to comply with the new rules. At least I'll bet somebody's gonna test that aspect. The tax lawyers are going to have a hayday with this obaminable new law/regulation and so are the compliance attorneys, along with the legal department's HR attorneys.

Having brokered small group health coverage for <50 groups since the '70s I can well imagine what you're going through with all of this. I recommend the Rudyard Kipling poem called "If" as your psychological guidepost.