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NFIB: Health Insurance Tax tax to cost Colorado 2,500 jobs

The National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Wednesday released its national study highlighting the private-sector job loss it says will result from the Health Insurance Tax, including 2,500 jobs Colorado by 2021 – 1,300 of them in small businesses. Continue reading

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How health “reform” punishes ambition & increased earnings

More fallout from ObamaCare (HR 3590), reported by Daniel P. Kessler: Consider a wife in a family with $90,000 in income. If she were to earn an additional $3,700, her family would lose the insurance subsidy and be more than … Continue reading

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Why to retain burdensome 1099 tax-reporting requirement

Taking [the 1099 reporting requirement] off the table risks losing that community’s commitment to the complete defeat of Obamacare. Repealing the 1099 reporting requirement would be a Pyrrhic victory in the struggle against Obamacare — exactly the type of bipartisanship we don’t need. Continue reading

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Charitable Donations vs. Taxes

If you don’t feel comfortable forcing your friend to help someone or donate to a charity, should you vote for a politician, your representative, the empowers government agents to do so? This video illustrates the point. Continue reading

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Navigating health care bill’s small business tax credit

Do you own a small business, or are you involved in its benefits administration?  The new health control bill (HR 3590) has a small business tax credit. But you get it if you satisfy certain criteria, which are a bit … Continue reading

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Health control legislation – impact on small business

A summary of HR 3590‘s impact on small business, from the National Federation of Independent Businesses: (via the Galen Institute) Similar Posts: NFIB: Health Insurance Tax tax to cost Colorado 2,500 jobs Senate passes health care bill. Is the battle … Continue reading

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Health control bill will drown businesses in 1099 tax forms

From Chris Edwards at Cato on a little-known part of HR 3590: Most people know about the individual mandate in the new health care bill, but the bill contained another mandate that could be far more costly. A few wording … Continue reading

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ObamaCare’s impact on taxpayers

The Heritage Foundation has a useful graphic showing the tax increases associated with ObamaCare,  HR 3590, the so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” It’s from a new report titled Obamacare: Impact on Taxpayers. Here’s the abstract: The hodgepodge of … Continue reading

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The Deadly Tax on Medical Innovation

From Paul Hsieh in Pajamas Media: [A] government that penalizes innovation could dramatically slow the pace of medical progress, leading to millions of preventable deaths. And this may be one of the worst long-range consequences of the recently passed ObamaCare … Continue reading

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Health care bill’s assault on business

From Investor’s Business Daily: If ObamaCare becomes permanent, no one will suffer more than U.S. businesses. They’ll face higher taxes, more regulations and a higher cost of capital. But don’t take our word for it. Go ask Caterpillar. The heavy-equipment … Continue reading

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