Employers shifting to part-time employees in response to Obamacare.

[SeaDaddy1]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/health-law-spurs-shift-hours-022100532.html

Keeping and finding full time jobs just got tougher.

 

[jeninflorida]

but obama care is fRee

 

[mercury14]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/health-law-spurs-shift-hours-022100532.html

Keeping and finding full time jobs just got tougher.

So this breaking news is that big business doesn't feel it's employees deserve a livable wage or adequate benefits?

 

[unregistered]

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

This has been increasing exponentially for about a decade.

 

[mercury14]

The new reality, thank you Obummer!

It's far better than before. Now these low income folks will get real insurance and their companies may be more profitable if they don't need to pay for it. And federal revenue increases with the tax and by not having employer healthcare costs exempt from taxation.

 

[jeninflorida]

So this breaking news is that big business doesn't feel it's employees deserve a livable wage or adequate benefits?

this is the problem. You have no clue about "Business" or what CEO's want or need.

 

[RobDownSouth]

The new reality, thank you Obummer!

The "reality" is, you haven't held a steady job in how many years now?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

So this breaking news is that big business doesn't feel it's employees deserve a livable wage or adequate benefits?

B-b-but corporate profits are at an all-time high! I'm not just making that up, man, look!

From the day Barack Obama took office until today, the NASDAQ is up 106.97%. S&P is up 75.63%. The Dow has been up 64.71%. Remarkable numbers for four years.

The month before he took office, in December 2008, 524,000 jobs were lost. Last month, 171,000 jobs were created. That’s a shift of 695,000 jobs a month.

Corporate profits are at an all-time high.

You can say Barack Obama is bad for business all you want, but the numbers disagree.

http://presidentjonesco.tumblr.com/post/34998782203/from-the-day-barack-obama-took-office-until-today

I d-d-don't get it, man! Are you saying corporations don't care about their workers even when they're flush like a drunk sailor during Fleet Week and only care about their profit maximums? Is that what you're sayin', man?

 

[jeninflorida]

holy shit, more ignorance. you are taking about corp 100 companies. drop down to the mom and pop level and you see pain not Profits


god, you asshats are so fucking clueless. Does it piss you off that Lawrence O'Donnell says you (democrats) are too stupid to understand capitalism?

B-b-but corporate profits are at an all-time high! I'm not just making that up, man, look!

From the day Barack Obama took office until today, the NASDAQ is up 106.97%. S&P is up 75.63%. The Dow has been up 64.71%. Remarkable numbers for four years.

The month before he took office, in December 2008, 524,000 jobs were lost. Last month, 171,000 jobs were created. That’s a shift of 695,000 jobs a month.

Corporate profits are at an all-time high.

You can say Barack Obama is bad for business all you want, but the numbers disagree.

http://presidentjonesco.tumblr.com/post/34998782203/from-the-day-barack-obama-took-office-until-today

I d-d-don't get it, man! Are you saying corporations don't care about their workers even when they're flush like a drunk sailor during Fleet Week and only care about their profit maximums? Is that what you're sayin', man?

 

[unregistered]

 

[jeninflorida]

It's far better than before. Now these low income folks will get real insurance and their companies may be more profitable if they don't need to pay for it. And federal revenue increases with the tax and by not having employer healthcare costs exempt from taxation.

you have no idea what "profit" is as you and the others have no fucking clue about "costs" let alone any fucking idea about competition and "free" market

put the business book down and get some real world experience.

 

[SeaDaddy1]

So this breaking news is that big business doesn't feel it's employees deserve a livable wage or adequate benefits?

Regardless of how you feel, it will effect low wage jobs and those employed in them. This will have a strong impact on restaurants, motels, service stations, supermarkets, amusement parks, and other companies in the service industry. In turn, that will effect those of us that frequent such businesses.

Every insurance coverage I have ever had required me to pay 40-50% of payments to provider via paycheck deduction. The employer paid the other 50-60%.

I know the employers with 50 or more full-time employees can be fined $2,000 per person. I am not sure if the employee pays a fine if the employee cannot contribute.

Here is a breakdown of how the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 will work starting in 2014:http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=42

 

[RobDownSouth]

Oh yes, everyone will have insurance, but no medical care.

Whiny Demo: Oh look at this card, it says I'm insured...but I can't find a doctor Mr. President!

Obama: Let not your heart be troubled comrade, I'm sending the Army out to solve that problem as we speak. Any doctor who doesn't like it will be stripped of his license to practice and sent to the gulag!

Have you ever had trouble finding a doctor? EVER? Hmmmm??

 

[unregistered]

 

[RobDownSouth]

No but Obama care hasn't kicked in yet, pilgrim.

Right. You won't have problems finding a doctor, but you're concerned that everyone else will.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

No but Obama care hasn't kicked in yet, pilgrim.

You have to be more specific about what in the ACA is going to affect you, because some of it has kicked in already. Are you not getting your proper gynecological screenings from your practitioner, Vette? You know your vagina's not magic, right?

 

[RobDownSouth]

You have to be more specific about what in the ACA is going to affect you, because some of it has kicked in already. Are you not getting your proper gynecological screenings from your practitioner, Vette? You know your vagina's not magic, right?

I hope he wasn't kidding about having a doctor. I suspect he'll need intense medical care to get all the sand out of his mangina on Wednesday.*


* sure, Mitt sez the poor can always go to the emergency room, but Vetty would break out in hives in such close proximity to so many non-whites.

 

[SeaDaddy1]

It's far better than before. Now these low income folks will get real insurance and their companies may be more profitable if they don't need to pay for it. And federal revenue increases with the tax and by not having employer healthcare costs exempt from taxation.

Even so, lower income employees will have to pay a percentage of the insurance. If they can't afford that, and most can't, they will have to shift to federal subsidies......and who's pocket do you think the federal subsidies (money) come out of?

 

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[phrodeau]

If workers are getting fewer hours, they will need to hire more workers.

And the unemployment rolls shrink.

 

[SeaDaddy1]

All I know is that I paid a shitload of money on health insurance on my 3 kids before they reached adulthood. Thank God they are on their own now. "Full Coverage" from employer meant that I payed 1/4 to 1/3 of my paycheck to match it. It was worth it a few times. High deductible plans are more of a financial burden in many cases.

 

[jeninflorida]

If workers are getting fewer hours, they will need to hire more workers.

And the unemployment rolls shrink.

WTF? are you smoking the obama juice?

 

[SeaDaddy1]

If workers are getting fewer hours, they will need to hire more workers.

And the unemployment rolls shrink.

I was thinking of that too. But part time does not pay the bills, unless you have 2 or more part time jobs. Then you are fucked again on health care. If you are single, that might not be good. In a traditional family with 2 parents, one of those parents would have to work full time for the health coverage alone. While the other one works to pay the bills.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Nobody is arguing that the set up is perfect. Only that it was a step in the right direction.