Archive | March, 2010

What ObamaCare Means for Small Businesses

25. March 2010

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It’s important to look past the minutiae of the bill, and straight to the overall economics of the thing.  Let’s look past what it means for healthcare and straight to what it means for the economics of a small firm. 1.  ObamaCare means a harder economic climate for Small Businesses At core ObamaCare is a […]

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Cash for Clunkers update – predicted failure now *fully* confirmed even more than previously

23. March 2010

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Cash for Clunkers update – predicted failure now *fully* confirmed even more than previously

Not to toot our own horn, but, toot toot. Graph from the American Thinker, Care Sales ($millions) Reported by Dealers.: Cost to taxpayers for each extra car sold because of Cash for Clunkers:  $20,000 Number of clunkers turned in (and taken out of the market):  677,081 Price increase for used cars since CfC:  13.7% Change […]

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Cry your tears if you must, then sharpen your knives – the battle over healthcare is not close to over

21. March 2010

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This post will be short, but we wanted to get something up tonight.  It’s been a disappointing day, but while some are despairing we are not.  The odds of overcoming a super-majority in the senate, a massive majority in the house, and a president elected by a large margin were always very steep.  But the […]

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Managed Care Scam

15. March 2010

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I am a doctor. I wanted to share the below which was first published in an online publication of a physician community, Sermo.  It is a rather accurate assessment of what has been the reality of health care in our country.  Physicians are being squeezed out of existence.  There is the spectre of a 21% […]

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“Senate Health Bill Would Up Costs for Millions in Middle Class”

11. March 2010

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A non-partisan study finds that ObamaCare will raise taxes on the middle class, a direct violation of his campaign promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less that $250,000 per year. The Senate health care bill crucial to saving President Obama’s signature domestic initiative will hit the wallets of a quarter of all Americans […]

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Obama Administration’s attacks on small businesses and part-time workers continues

9. March 2010

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The AP reported this week that: [A] new provision in the health care bill will require businesses to count part-time workers when calculating penalties for failing to provide coverage. As we warned in in October of last year measures such as these hurt small businesses and part-time workers (particularly students, working mothers, and people who […]

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President Obama – Really bad at math or shameless deceiver? (Probably both)

5. March 2010

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At his recent health care press conference President Obama told some real whoppers.  Among others, he said that his proposal “would bring down the cost of health care for millions—families, businesses and the federal government” and then added that it was “fully paid for.”  And not only that, but it would bring down the deficit […]

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