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2016 Postmortem

Hell Hath No Fury

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4. Currently I work for a small business --

Reply to amborin (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:16 PM

Mar 2016

a real small business, owned by a husband and wife, with 13 employees. Their biggest problem isn't being "over-regulated", isn't that taxes are too high, or just about anything that is trotted out as being "bad for business".

Their BIGGEST problem and expense after payroll is paying for our health insurance. And that already bad problem is made worse because they have an older (35-55) work force. Their premiums are KILLING them.

You really wanna help small businesses? Take the burden of health insurance off their backs.

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Bernie's Universal Health Care Lets US Businesses Compete (Would've prevented GM's crisis) [View all] amborin Mar 2016 OP

If we had had universal health care, maybe GM would not have been nearly bankrupt in the 1st place amborin Mar 2016 #1

K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #2

It's a huge burden on the backs of businesses ibegurpard Mar 2016 #3

Currently I work for a small business -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2016 #4