Posted on 01/04/2010 3:14:01 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON — Early versions of the Senate’s far-reaching health care bill said that small businesses with fewer than 50 workers would not be penalized if they failed to provide insurance. That was before labor unions in the construction industry went to work and persuaded Senate leaders to insert five paragraphs.
In a provision of the Senate health care reform bill, construction companies with five or more workers would generally have to provide health insurance or pay a penalty.
Their provision, added to the 2,074-page bill at the last minute, singles out the construction industry for special treatment, in a way that benefits union members and contractors who use union labor
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This is going to destroy FL, at a time when we have very high unemployment.
People who don’t live here often don’t know that much of FL are entrepreneurial small construction businesses. Everyone has “a roofing business” or an “electrical business”. They all have a small number of employees, many about 30 people (although most I know right now have been shedding workers, if they are still in business).
The list, ping
Socialized healthcare will unavoidaby be distributed based on politics—not need.
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