Business Not As Republican As You Think
I know that business always contributes to both sides of the aisle, they want to bet on a winner. However, this election more than any other in recent times sees business leaders as split as ordinary americans on their favorite for president.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100121742/index.htm
This is the beginning of the "normalizing" of Hillary. I have to admit, I also thought she was unelectable a couple of years ago. However, I absolutely no longer believe that to be the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm not supporting her myself, but I believe you are a fool if you believe she cannot be elected. She is grinding people down, and I believe the effort to paint her as extreme in 2008 will not work. Republicans had better hope that this stiff, Romney, has something in his back pocket, or it's going to be a Dem.
posted by Carl Spackler @ 8:32 PM
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I think business, just like anyone else, is looking for financial relief from the only entity big enough to provide it. Hillary-care, not unlike Michael Moore care, is quite enticing for business.
Think of the smaller, yet more troubled first group. Businesses obligated by pensions could easily dispose of this liability if government became the third party payer of insurance it is in Canada, Europe and Cuba. Heck, it could make unionized businesses competitive!!
And then think of the second, larger, group. Healthcare is easily the fastest growing cost business is facing. Part of an employer’s ability to attract talent (and thus necessity to compete for talent) is dependent on its ability to offer high-cost healthcare benefits. Not having to compete in this field is obviously a desirable outcome for business. Employers should never have been in the business of providing health insurance, and they’re only in it through the misguided social engineering purposes of the tax code.
What no one, either business, government, Presidential candidates or the constituencies is bringing to the forefront of the debate is what to do about rising healthcare costs. Transferring the liability does not alleviate the cost. You cannot possibly think that government can do it less expensively, more efficiently or with higher quality unless you actually think Michael Moore has a point. And, if you do, Cuba is a short plane ride away. Enjoy.
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