Beware the ‘jobs killer’ Companies threaten to quit state over new tax on medical devices

The Boston Herald ^ | March 25, 2010 | Jay Fitzgerald

[Lurker]

Driving medical device manufacturers overseas is a really, really bad idea and I'm not talking about the loss of jobs either.

Good old ChiComo Quality Control....

[Scotsman will be Free]

So what do you know?

[Alberta's Child]

Despite his concerns, Patrick stood by health care reform yesterday, saying the law is “very good for the people of America and the people of the commonwealth.”

Nothing more needs to be said.

Every manufacturer in Massachusetts affected by this tax should pack up and move -- if not overseas, then at least to a state where the governor and/or attorney general have taken it upon themselves to file a suit in Federal court against ObamaCare.

[mvpel]

As a percent of income, state and local tax burden in Massachusetts is about median for the nation and lower than most of the northeast. New Hampshire might have us beat.

Might?

Well, the Democrats are doing their best to close that gap, anyway.

[hal ogen]

nobama, patrick, fenty and so on...birds of a feather...feckless birds

[VOA]

“
“This bill is a jobs killer,” said Ernie Whiton, chief financial officer
of Chelmsford’s Zoll Medical Corp.,...
“

I don’t know if it is the same person, but there was an officer from
Zoll Medical that appeared on FOX making reasonable complaints about
the Obamacare bill.

(It may have been on Cavuto on FNC a couple of days ago.)

[Osage Orange]

If more people knew what I know...

Why don't you tell us.......

[Siena Dreaming]

He's talking about MA not allowing them to pass it on to their customers.

Presumably Texas would allow them to do that.

[NativeSon]

I will discuss later when I am out of the office.

[piytar]

TWP: Thread Winning Post!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“...if we can’t pass along these costs to our customers,”

But, but Obama said only those making over $250,000.00 a year will pay the tax!

[jurroppi1]

I’m pretty sure I know what you know, and maybe more about the specific medical industries being discussed here since I work for one of the companies based in MA). This is already causing massive layoffs at our company!

[allmendream]

Just because you pay off the mafia doesn’t mean you like the mafia.