On 10/14/2012 14:41, Richard Webb -> John Massey wrote:   
    RW> Hello John,   
      
    RW> On Sun 2012-Oct-14 07:53, John Massey (1:123/789) wrote to Ross Cassell:   
      
    RC>> Perhaps Obamacare isnt what its cooked up to be..   
      
      
    JM>> It Isn't. It's worse.   
      
    RW> Of course it is.  The weight falls on the small business   
    RW> owners who, unlike Darden can't afford to manipulate   
    RW> schedules of employees,   
      
   Sure they can. Small business shift peoples hours around all the time.   
      
      
      
    RW> Employer provided health care was a doable thing in the   
    RW> period post ww ii when there was less competition from   
    RW> foreign factories and most of us consumed American made   
    RW> products.  Mandates for employer provided health care just   
    RW> don't work now however.  OFten small businesses can't retain the best   
    RW> people, because they can't afford to provide them   
    RW> health care benefits.  NOt if they wish to remain   
    RW> competitive.   
      
   Employers should not be forced to provide those services. Neither should it be   
   Government owned or run.   
      
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