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Treasury: Employers must “self-attest” that ObamaCare not behind staffing decisions
Hot Air ^ | 2-11-14 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 02/12/2014 3:17:08 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Full Title: Treasury: Employers must “self-attest” that ObamaCare not behind staffing decisions – under penalty of perjury

Old and busted: Businesses will love ObamaCare for its cost savings in health care! New hotness: Businesses had better not make staffing decisions based on cost savings from ObamaCare-fueled price spikes! After its latest delay in implementing the employer mandate, the Obama administration rebuffed criticisms that the law incentivizes employers to shift to part-time work by announcing the Treasury Inquisition — ahem, excuse me, the Treasury Attestation Department:

The latest announcement comes after the administration heard from businesses about their concerns with the looming ObamaCare rules. However, the change is sure to raise more questions about the health and implementation of the law. Fewer workers getting insurance through their employers could mean more individuals on the ObamaCare exchanges seeking subsidized coverage, increasing the cost to taxpayers.

Some lawmakers, though, have claimed that the mere threat of the employer mandate is causing companies to shed full-time workers in the hope of keeping their staff size below 50 and avoiding the requirement.

Administration officials dispute that this is happening on any large scale. Further, Treasury officials said Monday that businesses will be told to “certify” that they are not shedding full-time workers simply to avoid the mandate. Officials said employers will be told to sign a “self-attestation” on their tax forms affirming this, under penalty of perjury.

Officials stressed that the latest reprieve applies to a relatively small percentage of employers — albeit companies that employ millions of workers.

Er … exactly what gives Treasury the authority to demand that kind of pledge, anyway?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; antibusiness; deathpanels; dictator; obamacare; oppressive; perjury; tyranny; unconstitutional; zerocare
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1 posted on 02/12/2014 3:17:08 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

No .... honest .... we didn’t fire knarf because he was old .... really.


2 posted on 02/12/2014 3:19:14 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Welcome to Fascism. The new tyrant is nudging open the door to see if there is any resistance inside.


3 posted on 02/12/2014 3:23:55 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I would do what most any Obama Administration bureaucrat does - lie.


4 posted on 02/12/2014 3:26:20 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Forcing businesses to keep thier doors open fully staffed and paid while the owner will eventually be making the same money as anyone of thier staff, brilliant! Now this is income equality


5 posted on 02/12/2014 3:29:52 AM PST by ronnie raygun (zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Tax avoidance is legal. This is bs.


6 posted on 02/12/2014 3:30:48 AM PST by 867V309 (I love potatoes-except, of course, Lena Dunham)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Just the latest in the series of Intolerable Acts.


7 posted on 02/12/2014 3:31:51 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Are they also going to force businesses that are failing, because of Obamacare, to remain open?


8 posted on 02/12/2014 3:39:00 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Sirius Lee

Where did this class of clowns who are making this policy come from?

Answer: Our public school system.


9 posted on 02/12/2014 3:42:14 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: 867V309
Tax avoidance is legal. This is bs.

Not only legal but in the real world, it's mandatory, in business or your personal financial affairs.

But really, what liberal lives in "the real world"?

10 posted on 02/12/2014 3:42:44 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

“Where did this class of clowns who are making this policy come from? Answer: Our public school system.”

When you say that, it gives the impression that ignorance is behind these schemes. Don’t be fooled; they know exactly what they are doing.


11 posted on 02/12/2014 3:47:08 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: ronnie raygun
...while the owner will eventually be making the same money as anyone of thier staff, brilliant!

As a business owner who has not taken a paycheck in 2 years, making the same money as my staff would be a BIG improvement!

12 posted on 02/12/2014 3:56:56 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I am reminded of the story, “Rumplestiltskin”, where a girl was told to spin straw into gold or be executed. Even the threat of death could not make her do the impossible.

If businesses cannot afford Obamacare mandates, no amount of bullying by the treasury can make them afford it.


13 posted on 02/12/2014 4:03:59 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

What’s this”Program”called?”Create A Liar”??


14 posted on 02/12/2014 4:04:56 AM PST by bandleader
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To: bandleader

“Self-Attest” is pretty simple for anyone owning a business, its called survival.


15 posted on 02/12/2014 4:10:19 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: bandleader
It's called the " Floyd Ferris Rule"

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
16 posted on 02/12/2014 4:12:25 AM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

This won’t stand. What about the Right-To-Work states?

Of course, with the SCOTUS being rather ... strange lately, I wonder.


17 posted on 02/12/2014 4:15:45 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: exDemMom

So if anyone can guess Obama’s real name they don’t have to pay?


18 posted on 02/12/2014 4:19:15 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: afraidfortherepublic
No. Im not going to lie. Labor costs have always been a factor in hiring/firing decisions. obamacare contributes to labor cost growth, and so it WILL impact these same decisions.

These fools are sounding more and more like old communist ministers every day. They cannot dictate simple math. Their lust for power and control cannot make 2+2=5.

19 posted on 02/12/2014 4:23:04 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Gaffer
I would do what most any Obama Administration bureaucrat does - lie.

That's what they're hoping for, that way they can say "every business has sworn that they have not made changes based on Obamacare. Republicans are lying to you"

20 posted on 02/12/2014 4:33:02 AM PST by McGavin999
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