Geoffrey Lawrence
Health care for the newly unemployed
‘Free’ health care would come at the expense of your job
One component of the proposed health care reform bill is a requirement that all employers provide a minimum amount of health insurance benefits to their employees. For small businesses especially, this mandate would mean a hike in labor costs that would likely force employers to lay off workers.
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Government wants to fine you for dying
The Greeks believed that the mythological figure Charon was charged with the duty of collecting taxes from the dead in order to allow them to pass to their final resting place in Hades. Similarly, the federal government would like to assume the modern role of Charon, imposing an outrageous tax on individuals in exchange for allowing them to pass to the other side. President Barack Obama has quietly included the largest increase in the death tax in American history in his 2010 Executive Budget.
