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THERE’S NO ESCAPE – Obamacare Surcharge Now On Many Restaurant Bills
Gateway Pundit ^ | February 27, 2014 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 02/27/2014 1:10:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Obamacare – It’s a Tax

There’s no escaping it.

Restaurant chains in Florida are adding an Obamacare surcharge on customers’ bills.

So now you can see how much of your purchase is going to fund the Democrats’ Un-Affordable Care Act. CNN Money reported:

Several restaurants in a Florida chain are asking customers to help foot the bill for Obamacare.

Diners at eight Gator’s Dockside casual eateries are finding a 1% Affordable Care Act surcharge on their tabs, which comes to 15 cents on a typical $15 lunch tab. Signs on the door and at tables alert diners to the fee, which is also listed separately on the bill.

The Gator Group’s full-time hourly employees won’t actually receive health insurance until December. But the company said it implemented the surcharge now because of the compliance costs it’s facing ahead of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate kicking in in 2015.

“The costs associated with ACA compliance could ultimately close our doors,” the sign reads. “Instead of raising prices on our products to generate the additional revenue needed to cover the costs of ACA compliance, certain Gator’s Dockside locations have implemented a 1% surcharge on all food and beverage purchases only.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: acasurcharge; food; obamacare; obamacareeconomy; obamacaresurcharge; taxes
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mine's going to look like:

SUB TOTAL: 22.78
- SALES TAX: 1.53
- ACA SURCHARGE: 0.20
- EBT FRAUD SURCHARGE: 0.78
- EPA COMPLIANCE SURCHARGE: 1.27
- ADA COMPLIANCE SURCHARGE: 0.92
- OSHA COMPLIANCE SURCHARGE: 0.37
- GLOBAL WARMING INDUSTRY SURCHARGE: 2.02
- RACIAL REPARATIONS SURCHARGE: 1.37
- LOCAL POLICE MILITARIZATION SURCHARGE: 0.68
- NSA WIRETAP FUNDING SURCHARGE: 0.27
- UNDOCUMENTED VOTER PARTICIPATION SURCHARGE: 6.95
- ALAN GRAYSON MENTAL HEALTH ACT SURCHARGE: 0.22
- FEDERAL ARTISTS AND ACTORS UNEMPLOYMENT FUND SURCHARGE: 0.67

TOTAL: $40.03 "Have a blessed day! Kristi"

:)

81 posted on 03/14/2014 2:20:13 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL-GALT-DELETE])
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To: humblegunner

That’s the only thing you post is crap. Your political view can’t be found here because you only talk trash. If stupidity was trash you would be a landfill.


82 posted on 03/14/2014 9:02:35 PM PDT by tangchung
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To: tangchung

Tough.


83 posted on 03/15/2014 4:53:44 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: SkyDancer; dead

Of course you are “subsidizing” the restaurant. ACA is an expense of the restaurant doing business. They are just being honest about what part of your purchase goes to that specific expense. No different that CO putting signs on gas pumps saying how much of the price of gas is federal and state taxes.


84 posted on 03/15/2014 4:59:48 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: humblegunner

So let me get this straight,conservatives on free republic retort is “Slammed your mom” yeah go with that Barney Fife.


85 posted on 03/24/2014 8:42:13 PM PDT by tangchung
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is an escape .... prepare your own food!!


86 posted on 03/24/2014 8:55:51 PM PDT by KingNo155
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