Goodbye free health care, hello 30 hour work week

I CANNOT believe that you with your dirt cheap gas, free refills and clothes are poor.

Rings true, new CEO at my job is British and since taking over he has cut hours, capped pay, slashed paid holidays and new hires start at minium wage, are required to have open availibilty and are hired on at 16 hrs a week. Future so bright I gotta wear shades.

And if you do NOT buy it you can be fined $250,000 and go to jail!

It's funny how short sighted people are.

Companies aren't going to pay this bill. They will just lower the hours of employees under the limit so they are exempt from Obama's slacker tax. We will become a part time nation which will probably be the death blow to our economy. 30 hours a week max as an employee. If you want 40 hours a week you'll have to juggle two jobs.

It's gonna be hilarious. As a business owner I am definitely going underground. All my employees are going to 30 hours. Screw it. I'll dissolve my company before I pay that commie shit. And most business owners I know feel the same.

work for yourself and create your own company /close corporation etc and become a contractor ... if they want to reduce your hours ...

then, there are no benefits etc, but the hourly rate increases to compensate for this

get a very good clever accountant, and get your own private medical aid, etc and your accountant will juggle the figures and screw the system to your advantage

if you are good at your job, the company will need you to work longer hours .... if you are shit, find another profession as if you are not worth the money paid to you, the company will dump you

this is how the skilled people in South Africa operate and I worked that way (as a close corporation) for more than 20 years....

it actually works out much better, as your take home pay after taxes and expenses is a lot more

I will never work as an 'employee' again, and even here in the UK, I work for myself

Lot's of people about to lose their jobs altogether from this...

Wall St. is giving thier opinion of this election even as we speak...

All I gotta say is this.

In-n-out burger provides employee health benefits and the highest wages in the fast food industry.


All while providing a higher quality product than the other fast food companies at a cheaper price.


It makes sense really. Technology has made us more efficient workers. So our wages should have went up in just.

But they haven't. Which means the people at the top are taking all of the gains in productivity for themselves.

Right on the nose.

It's funny how short sighted people are.

Companies aren't going to pay this bill. They will just lower the hours of employees under the limit so they are exempt from Obama's slacker tax. We will become a part time nation which will probably be the death blow to our economy. 30 hours a week max as an employee. If you want 40 hours a week you'll have to juggle two jobs.

It's gonna be hilarious. As a business owner I am definitely going underground. All my employees are going to 30 hours. Screw it. I'll dissolve my company before I pay that commie shit. And most business owners I know feel the same.

Exactly how I feel. If you are willing to let your company go so easily, ciao! I hope you saved enough to never have to work again. Otherwise, you will be in the same position as your employees.

I also love when people threaten to move out of the USA. Go ahead! Make sure you are fluent in the language of the country you are moving to. Make sure you can afford to even live where you move. Most Americans can't afford a pot to piss in let alone live in another country. Sure some attractive benefits such as health coverage are available abroad but they pay for it!

I can see paid vacations being a thing of the past. There is no need at all to offer any perks when so many people are looking for work. You only offer perks to highly valuable people and not to the masses. If people don't like it they can alway self employ themselves and start there own business. No paid holidays then.

lots of companies have already started making the move to all part time employees

You're a pathetic human being if you're too lazy to work 30 hours a week.

lots of companies have already started making the move to all part time employees

If you have less than 50 peeps, u don't have to provide healthcare. So tiny business is exempt.

Actually, I think YOU need to get a clue. You are clearly a sheep and uninformed. It was NEVER Obama's intent to provide affordable healthcare to anyone! That is evident by the law itself and the regulations that are being implemented to carry out the law. Did you read the bill? If you had you would never have made this statement. It will take this country from its knees and put it face down in the mud. We are likely over. This healthcare bill is all about the gov't taking over that huge chunk of the economy and controlling the populace all in one piece of crap legislation. It is all about HUGE government and new taxes, one of which will destroy our struggling real estate market.

That said, the healthcare issue is only one of many. What about the NDAA? What about Solyndra and others like it? What about Benghazi? What about his failure to even attempt a solution at job creation? What about his failure to cut spending? What about his refusal to offer a reasonable budget that even ONE legilator could accept? What about a deficit of $ 1million back to back to back? What about.....and the list goes on. Sorry, as much as I wanted to, this is not a President I can get behind. "Forward" he says----but to where?

I, too, am a business owner. I am a female. I come from abject poverty and I got my education the old fashioned way, I WORKED AND PAID FOR IT--it took me 25 years to pay for it because I got and PAID for a student loan. I invested in and started my own business over 20 years ago.

As a small business owner, I am facing a HUGE increase in taxes and the cost of my overhead is increasing, however my income has changed very little. There may come a time when I just move Forward, close my doors and go for whatever the govt will give me--food stamps, welfare, phone, section 8 housing, etc. But, alas, my mother (yes, I was raised in a single parent household) raised me to be self-sufficient, to pick myself up, stop the whining and do what it takes to take care of myself. We need more mothers like her instead of this Nanny state.

Sorry, didn't mean to get carried away......

This is where you people are wrong. It is NOT the employer's responsibility to provide people 'benefits' or healthcare. THAT is the entire crux of the problem.

You slackers want to the government to tax business to pay for your hypochondriac tendencies. If I have to pay that then I reserve the right to dictate what you eat, how much alcohol you drink, and if you are allowed to smoke.

The entire health benefit enigma is a fraudulent scam. The government can not force this. We will revolt and punish the employees. That's just the way it is. You think you are entitled but you are not. You slackers are dillusional. You think that businesses are an inexhaustible pool of money when in truth most barely get by. Just because the company owner makes a couple dollars does not mean the company is raking in money. And even if the owner reduced his own salary to minimum wage it can never amount to paying healthcare for all the employees. It quite simply will not work.

Even if it could work, the healthcare you would receive would be a nightmare like military style healthcare with death panels and mandatory vaccinations. You people fucked up. Get ready to pay for being greedy.

Sorry, calling BS, list 10 national corps going to "All part time employees"

go ahead.

Wow, everyone is so busy arguing pointless details to see the big picture.

I posted 3 times and no one gets it?

That or I am being intelligently filtered................


It is about job creation and redistributing wealth.



If we have 100 jobs working 40 hr/wk

We could have 200 jobs at 20 hr/wk and make it look like jobs climbed 100% with 100 new jobs.

But, there is no additional wealth put into society with these job gains.

The result is even more jobs created when the previously employed at 40+ hrs has to get a second job.

Suddenly no body has insurance because the employer doesnt need to provide insurance (30 and under hrs)

Now Obammy can force you to purchase insurance out of pocket.




well not exactly your you get some money out of others pockets to but ya it's a total sucker punch.....

I can not believe America fell for this great rip off!!!