This local douche on TV news tonight in a "how will this HCR affect you"

[Lex]

said he's a small business owner and he provides health insurance to all 20 of his employees and it gives him an "edge" when hiring good people to offer that.

He's pissed off, you see, because he feels HRC will allow other small business owners to afford to cover their employees now and he'll lose that "edge" now.

WTF? Who thinks like that? I find it repulsive. So his argument is that more people will be able to covered with health insurance and that messes him up. :puke:

[RKP5637]

1. Joe the Plummer again? LOL n/t

[Wetzelbill]

2. ok this made me laugh

Some people, just the fact that they think like this is so effed up that you have to laugh about it. You always have some a-hole like this show up in an interview too, lol.

[Lex]

3. LOL, the fact that he had no embarrassment about stating it

just floors me. They do always show up in interviews, don't they? I just don't know how the cameraman or someone doesn't just say, "Dude, SERIOUSLY?"

[LiberalFighter]

4. Could it be that they are thinking... Whoa what a douche!

Should be good for tonite's newscast.

[Wetzelbill]

8. Exactly!

That's probably what I'd be thinking, lol. "Wow this guy is an asshole, we have to put him on!"

[Wetzelbill]

6. I bet they become inured to it

With all the interviews they give or film they probably are just used to hearing people say crazy things.

I posted the link to this to my twitter: http://twitter.com/billthebutcher2

[Lex]

9. Following you on Twitter now.

:thumbsup:

[baldguy]

5. A "capitalist" who doesn't want competition.

[The Wielding Truth]

7. Blinded by jealousy. He should see that it will raise his ability

to hire also.

[Lex]

10. Too worried about what other people are getting

to realize it helps him too.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. maybe he could give people more money??? Wow... I am brilliant !!!

[cilla4progress]

12. Another great American patriot -

hmmmm....wonder what his party is?

[unblock]

13. in fact most employers think like this, especially big ones

the bigger ones with more comprehensive programs (or at least the perception of more comprehensive programs) think of health care benefits as one of their selling points, and a reason why you should work for them as opposed to a small competitor.

the illusion of a stable job with the illusion of secure health care is important to many people.

[Hansel]

14. I think this is a large part of what the Chamber of Commerce anti-HCR was about.

Plus these big companies know that if their top employees can get affordable health care on their own, that they are more likely to retire early or leave to start their own businesses creating more competition.

When I was younger the only thing that stopped me from leaving to start my own business was health insurance. I had preexisting conditions and could not qualify on my own. I was a single parent and couldn't take the risk. My daughter plans on leaving her job when she can get this insurance and just work part time. She also has preexisting conditions and no one will insure her. A friend of mine at work will be retiring as soon as she can get this insurance. She will be 59. I think a lot of a jobs will open up when this goes into effect.

The other part of the CoC campaign was that they were a front for the insurance companies.