Below is a snippet of reactions from job creators about the dangerous impact ObamaCare has on job creation and middle class families:
Britton Slocum of Lansing, Mich., owner, Jersey Giant Subs:
“I need to expand. I need to grow. This has essentially put the brakes on any kind of expansion. It crushes not just our dreams, it kills us. It’s like putting a dagger through the heart of small business.”
Link: http://bit.ly/MDdPPf
Jim Barnard of St. John, Mich., chief financial officer, Barnard Manufacturing:
“[H]e worries that rising health insurance costs, which he blames on health care reform, will force his company to consider revoking health insurance that his company now provides to its 75 employees. ‘We’re very worried. We’re trying to grow (the company) right now, with the economic downturn we had.’” Link: http://on.lsj.com/LDVH7u
Charlie Owens, director of NFIB-Michigan:
“Today is a sad day for small business and taxpayers in Michigan and America as a clear overreach of Congress and the Executive office has been allowed to stand by the Supreme Court,” said NFIB State Director Charlie Owens. “This law has driven premiums higher and paralyzed the economy with uncertainty and it appears this will continue with devastating consequences for our economy and jobs. That said, we will move forward from today to continue to fight, harder than ever, for real health-care reform for our membership.” Link: http://bit.ly/ODUUXd
Rob Fowler, president of SBAM:
“On behalf of our 15,000 member companies, the Small Business Association of Michigan is deeply disappointed with the Court’s decision. We have been and will be consistent in our message that small business owners need access to affordable health insurance. Health care reform, specifically the Affordable Care Act, that does not get at the root cause of the problem — cost – is an empty promise. In other words, there is nothing affordable in the Affordable Care Act. Our hope is that the President and Congress recognize that cost is the problem and that they will get to work on efforts to lower the cost and increase the quality of health care products and services available to the small business community.” Link: http://bit.ly/LTAAfG
Wendy Block, director of health policy and human resources for the Michigan Chamber:
“This is a sad day for job providers and families who support health care policies based upon free market solutions and strenuously oppose the government interference in purchasing and benefit design decisions contained in Obamacare. While we were confident that the Supreme Court would find this type of government overreach unacceptable, we remain hopeful that the new Congress will work to repeal and replace the law with measures to control costs and improve quality, reform the insurance market and create a streamlined, simplified marketplace to purchase insurance.” Link: http://bit.ly/OA6CRw
