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Fair Share law a Trojan horse
Waterbury Republican-American ^
| January 18, 2006
| Editorial
Posted on 01/18/2006 10:18:18 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58
I would close up if I were Wal-Mart and leave them to their wares.
To: Graybeard58
if I was Wal-Mart, i'd layoff all but 9999 employees, close the stores that would bring the worst impact, and publicly add a 10% state surcharge on every item sold.
and I'd inform the people that unless the law was repealled, i'd never hire another employee until one quits, retires, or is fired.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:36:56 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
To: One Proud Dad
Someone is going to pay for this healthcare...That's an American given...
Wal-Mart hire millions of 'part time' employees to avoid paying any benefits...That includes insurance and unemployment benefits...
We're going to pay for healthcare thru higher prices, or higher taxes...That's a given...
I'd just as soon have the choice of paying or not paying...If I don't buy, I don't pay sounds better to me...Just like the 'fair tax' everybody seems to like lately...
This is a great country...It costs to do business here...
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:37:34 AM PST
by
Iscool
(Start your own revolution by voting for the candidates the media (and gov't) tells you cannot win.)
To: Iscool
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:47:29 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
To: Graybeard58
Moving away from a government or tax payer funded health care system, to a employer/consumer funded system is a smart move in the right direction.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:47:48 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Iscool
"Someone is going to pay for this healthcare"
That someone should the recipient of the healthcare, but the socialist legislatures don't understand this simple free market concept.
You seem to imply that you are ok with this law. If so, I think you are on the wrong board. People seem to forget that old Europe has these same types of "costs of doing business" (too generous of benefits, etc.) and the unemployment there is double digits. Governments cannot force costs on businesses without dire economic results.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:48:32 AM PST
by
Hendrix
To: camle
Bingo - Walmart will close enough stores to go under 10,000 - guaranteed.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:50:19 AM PST
by
mobyss
To: Realism
"Moving away from a government or tax payer funded health care system, to a employer/consumer funded system is a smart move in the right direction."
Governement imposed employer/consumer healthcare is just as bad, if not worse, than government health care. The government should stay completely out of heath care (except for the poor), including not mandating that employers to provide health care.
We need to put the health care costs back where it should be--with the recipient. Each person should pay his or her own health care and get a tax deduction for paying for it.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:52:11 AM PST
by
Hendrix
To: Iscool
Trust me I am no fan of Wal-Mart, but once Padora's Box is open what other kind of assinine laws will be see targeted at specific retailers who are just smarter than their competitors.
To: Hendrix
You seem to imply that you are ok with this law. If so, I think you are on the wrong board. Whats your definition of socialism? A program paid for using public funds (Social Security, Medicaid, aka sittin on the couch)or employment based / funded program aka working for you benefits?
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:59:49 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Hendrix
The Three Great Economic Truths!:
All Taxes Are Payed By The People Who Cannot Pass Them Any Lower!
A "Benefit" Is Something Your Employer Paid For With Your Money!
The Price Of Your "Free Lunch" Can Be Found In The Price Of Your Beer!
To: Realism
Forcing employers to pay for extra social benefits, such as healthcare, retirement, etc., is a form of socialism that is used in Europe (check out France, Germany, etc.). Think about it: the government can tax the heck out of businesses and use the money for socialism, or the government can do the same thing by just making the businesses provide the same social benefits. To answer your question: both are socialism. If you cannot see that then you don't know much about European socialism.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:07:22 AM PST
by
Hendrix
To: Realism
Whats your definition of socialism?How about a government mandated social program.
To: cartoonistx
"All Taxes Are Payed By The People Who Cannot Pass Them Any Lower!
A "Benefit" Is Something Your Employer Paid For With Your Money!
The Price Of Your "Free Lunch" Can Be Found In The Price Of Your Beer!"
All of that is true, and what you are really saying is that all the costs are just a tax on us individually, which is true. Personally, I am against unnecessary taxes.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:10:21 AM PST
by
Hendrix
To: mobyss
and i would select carefully those to close making sure they made the worst possible impact upon the local economies.
WM needs to see this as the opening salvo of a bigger attack, and tailor it's response to the idea of making other states think tqwice before doing the same thing.
kinda like the insurance companies in california after that state required them to lower rates.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:13:51 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
To: Graybeard58
The Peoples' Republic of Maryland is at it again...
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:20:20 AM PST
by
talleyman
(Kerry & the Surrender-Donkey Treasoncrats - trashing the troops for 40 years.)
To: Hendrix
To answer your question: both are socialism. Yes, only by the fact that it is government mandated not competition driven. Health care enrollment must be boosted to lower costs, thats the only cure for the health care problem.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:26:25 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Iscool
This is a great country...It costs to do business here...
And then people wonder why companies outsource... They wonder why everything they buy is made in China, and why when you call computer support it rings in India or Pakistan.
This ain't rocket science.... it's just business...
To: Hendrix
Each person should pay his or her own health care and get a tax deduction for paying for it. A tax deduction for paying your own health care? Isn't that a contradiction.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:35:05 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
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