Democrats new argument on Obamacare jobs decline: It reduces ‘job lock’

Washington Post ^ | 02/05/2014 | Aaron Blake

[SeekAndFind]

Democrats are increasingly employing a new tack in the battle over a projected reduction of two million jobs due to Obamacare, saying the decline is actually the result of people not being required to work anymore when they don't want to -- a concept labeled "job lock."

"Yesterday, the CBO projected that by 2021 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," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office said in a news release.

The release continued: "In addition to being just plain wrong on the facts of the CBO report, the GOP seems to have forgotten that ending 'job-lock' has been an avowed Republican goal for years – even a highlight in the Republican Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential race."

House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) also mentioned the concept of "job lock" on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has used it too.

The concept is not a new one and has been cited by Democrats in the context of Obamacare before. But it came to light this week following the release of the CBO report.

[PapaNew]

This is the new “Obamacare Economic Theory of Dumbness.”

[circlecity]

So, the best solution to “job lock” is “unemployed and on Medicaid?”

[traderrob6]

I got good new and bad news for you. Bad news....you’re fired, good news, you can spend more time with your family.

[pallis]

Obamacare is creating unemployment lock. It takes less work than job lock.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: So, the best solution to “job lock” is “unemployed and on Medicaid?”

A.K.A “Dependency Lock”.

[Kackikat]

Sounds like Greek (Greece) to me.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The "logic" appears to be that you can't be locked-into a job if you don't have one.

[headstamp 2]

“Arbeitslosigkeit macht frei”

New slogan of the Democrat Party

[dearolddad]

LOL...Harry Reid? A wrestler? With who...Barney?

I think he likes to wrestle Richard Simmons.

[VRWC For Truth]

Unicorns, more unicorns.

[Libloather]

escape 'job-lock'

Booting RATS does the very same thing - no?

[smokingfrog]

[zencycler]

Democrats cheer "Hooray for Obamacare" because the 2 million plus jobs we will LOSE (per CBO Report) is REALLY because people with subsidies decide not to work???

...and they say it's a GOOD thing because it reduces "JOB LOCK"???

So then give us ALL health & INCOME subsidies & solve ALL job lock!

What a concept - "Job Lock"! Never knew this "Job Lock" was out there and it was a bad thing. I guess it what we clueless conservatives have been calling "job security" all this time.

[BigDaddyTX]

Obamacare is a job killer and they know it. The thing is, they literally consider it an “Honor Killing” for the greater good of their religion of liberalism.