Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) tells the New York Times:
The worst thing we could do in a recession is raise taxes, and this bill does just that. … Finally, I do not believe that the possibility for taxpayer-funded abortion has been clearly and emphatically removed from this legislation.
Boren is dead on. The House bill raises taxes by $700 billion at a time when our unemployment rate is already 10.2%.
And contrary to the President’s promise, the current House bill also enables taxpayer funding for elective abortions.
No wonder Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refuses to let House Democrats go home and listen to their constituents before voting on her health bill.
Fact Checking the White House: Obama’s Health Reform Doesn’t Help Small Business
Author: Gerrit LansingIf the root cause of the problem is high health care costs, the White House’s solution only makes tings worse.
President Obama’s health reform will impact thousands of small business owners who are creating the jobs and wages for most Americans. These taxes will hurt small businesses by keeping them from expanding and adding new jobs. It will hurt workers by stagnating wage growth or even eliminating jobs.
New research from Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis reveals these new taxes could mean 400,000 employees could lose their job each year. Spending and new taxes will not be the way to bend the health care cost-curve downward. It will only exacerbate the problems businesses already face. Watch:
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