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The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Unemployment Extension Act

March 21, 2010 by B. Daniel Blatt

Drive down Wilshire Boulevard through Beverly Hill as I did today. Walk down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood as I did last week. Take a jaunt down any major commercial thoroughfare in Los Angeles. You’ll notice something everywhere, empty store fronts and commercial space for rent.  “For Lease” and “Available” signs seem to decorate more display windows in Hollywood and Beverly Hills than do manikins sporting the latest fashions.

And thanks to House Democrats, we’re likely to see even more such signs in the future.

Among the many distasteful provisions in the Democrats’ health care bill are those requiring businesses to provide health care or pay a penalty if they don’t, thus, increasing the costs of hiring a new employee.  With this increase–on top of the existing federal and state mandates and assorted regulations, creating new jobs becomes increasingly costly.  And thus, it will be less likely that employers will be bringing on new employees any time soon.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claims notwithstanding, this is not a jobs bill.  It won’t create jobs (well, except in the federal bureaucracy).  It will burden employers and make it more difficult for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to bring in new talent.  The costs of business are going up. And I wonder if Mrs. Pelosi and any in the Administration understand such costs.

This bill is not just bad or our health care system, it’s bad for business as well.  The pushback begins tonight.

ADDENDUM:  While watching the House vote today from my perch on the Stairmaster, I thought of this clip from Revenge of the Sith:

Guess I wasn’t the only one.  (H/t:  Instapundit.)

Filed Under: Big Government Follies, Congress (111th), Economy, Obama Health Care (ACA / Obamacare), Pelosi Watch

Comments

  1. ThatGayConservative says

    March 22, 2010 at 12:30 am - March 22, 2010

    ”For Lease” and “Available” signs seem to decorate more display windows in Hollywood and Beverly Hills than do manikins sporting the latest fashions.

    I saw something about work needing to be done to the “Hollywood” sign. Are they trying to change it to “For Rent”?

  2. annie says

    March 22, 2010 at 1:28 am - March 22, 2010

    But that is what they want. They don’t want thinking people doing for themselves. They want complete control – ‘they’ are royalty.

  3. annie says

    March 22, 2010 at 1:31 am - March 22, 2010

    Plus, they are counting on companies dropping insurance benefits.

  4. Roberto says

    March 22, 2010 at 10:56 am - March 22, 2010

    One of the provisions of the bill requires everybody to be insured. Failure to comply levies a fine of $2,500.00. As a citizen, living in El Salvador does this apply to me? When I make my annual visitation to the U.S., as I pass through customs, will I be required to show proof of health insurance.

  5. Sonicfrog says

    March 22, 2010 at 11:32 am - March 22, 2010

    Revenge Of The Sith????? Really?????

    Oh, I can’t believe you linked to that horrible vomitous mass of a movie. It’s not like we’re not suffering enough already!!! 🙂

  6. Kurt says

    March 22, 2010 at 12:10 pm - March 22, 2010

    I’m inclined to agree with you Sonicfrog! I liked this parody version much, much better than the original.

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