Comments on: Survey: Majority of small business owners want public health care option http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: midwest_small_biz_wner http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option/comment-page-1#comment-24073 midwest_small_biz_wner Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:00:59 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=17128#comment-24073 Please google "Small Business Majority" and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business. Please google “Small Business Majority” and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business.

]]> By: midwest_small_biz_wner http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option/comment-page-1#comment-20088 midwest_small_biz_wner Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:00:59 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=17128#comment-20088 Please google "Small Business Majority" and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business. Please google “Small Business Majority” and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business.

]]> By: midwest_small_biz_wner http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option/comment-page-1#comment-17754 midwest_small_biz_wner Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:00:59 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=17128#comment-17754 Please google "Small Business Majority" and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business. Please google “Small Business Majority” and you'll find that they are a left-leaning front organization that is anything but an advocacy group for small business.

]]> By: laurence01 http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option/comment-page-1#comment-17738 laurence01 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:03:59 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=17128#comment-17738 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.<br><br>Sara<br><br><a href="http://smallbusinessgrant.info" rel="nofollow">http://smallbusinessgrant.info</a> I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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]]> By: tmlindsey http://iowaindependent.com/17128/survey-majority-of-small-business-owners-want-public-health-care-option/comment-page-1#comment-17600 tmlindsey Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:24:26 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=17128#comment-17600 Tying health care benefits to employment is an archaic process that we need to divorce ourselves from, not only because it is unfair to small businesses, but it keeps employees imprisoned in unwanted jobs as well. It's clear bigger corporations are fighting to keep health care benefits tied to employment because it gives them yet another unfair monetary advantage as a means of pricing out upstart businesses and competition who cannot afford to compete at this level. <br><br>Republicans pay lip service to small business owners while simultaneously undermining them. Why Dems are so attached to this archaic pact is beyond me. The only reasons I can think of this is that they are beholden to lobbyists and/or unions, who see health care benefits as a recruitment tool. If so, I'd suggest abandoning this so-called benefit and bargain for more money and/or health care stipend. Tying health care benefits to employment is an archaic process that we need to divorce ourselves from, not only because it is unfair to small businesses, but it keeps employees imprisoned in unwanted jobs as well. It's clear bigger corporations are fighting to keep health care benefits tied to employment because it gives them yet another unfair monetary advantage as a means of pricing out upstart businesses and competition who cannot afford to compete at this level.

Republicans pay lip service to small business owners while simultaneously undermining them. Why Dems are so attached to this archaic pact is beyond me. The only reasons I can think of this is that they are beholden to lobbyists and/or unions, who see health care benefits as a recruitment tool. If so, I'd suggest abandoning this so-called benefit and bargain for more money and/or health care stipend.

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