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Originally Posted by Guest
I'm a Democrat, and compared to many of you I'm quite liberal in my political thought. I'm proud of that.
Now I know that most Republicans don't agree with my politics, but that doesn't make them stupid, mean, or self-centered. It just makes them different, and, in my opinion, wrong. Hooray for open and respectful political discourse, which has become so hard to find in America today where we treat our political party like our favorite sports team, and winning is the only objective.
So go ahead and call me a libtard, moron, Communist, wussy, or whatever you wish, but know that when you do I simply laugh at the inability of some of you to argue with facts so you resort to name calling.
MY POINT: I am concerned about vast numbers of Americans losing health insurance coverage and I suspect that many Republicans are as well. To repeal the ACA without a clear, detailed, and workable alternative to implement immediately is simply politics rather than good policy. The GOP will own that. Forget about the name "Obamacare" that inflames so many critics of the President, and just read some facts in the article below about the ACA. Thanks!
Republicans call Obamacare a 'failure.' These 7 charts show they couldn't be more wrong - LA Times |
I worked for a company that employed about 500 employees. About 50% were part time by their choice. In fact the hourly pay went up after 20 hours for the week. You also got time off with pay for hours worked.
But with the 30 hour rule we had to split the part time employees into two groups. Those we would not let work 30 hours a week and those we wanted to work as many hours as they wanted. However if you want more than 30 yours you had to commit to that every week and if you did not we would have to fire you to avoid the health insurance costs. Thus you might have insurance but not a job. Then your earnings are going to be too low to get a subsidy for your health insurance and you will have no health insurance and no job. Unfortunately their is a lot to all the rules that have been put in place and they are not friendly to job creation.