{"id":41010,"date":"2014-02-06T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/06\/because-compelled-labor-is-an-american-virtue.html"},"modified":"2014-02-10T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:20:59","slug":"because-compelled-labor-is-an-american-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/06\/because-compelled-labor-is-an-american-virtue.html","title":{"rendered":"Because compelled labor is an American virtue?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CBO report on the ACA indicates that some<\/i> people, who are no longer forced to work full time for their employer in order to qualify for medical insurance (it being available from state exchanges) might<\/i> cut back on their hours worked.<\/p>\n

First off, it seems more than a bit bizarre for the GOP to paint this as "jobs lost". \u00a0It's not jobs lost, it's jobs (or hours of work) not taken.<\/i><\/p>\n

I mean, if it's okay for employers to cut back on someone's hours, surely it's okay for employees<\/i> to do so if they can afford to (esp. since the employers would need to okay that in most cases). I think that's called freedom,<\/i> something the Republicans often claim to care about.<\/p>\n

Further, and again, this isn't job loss, but employee loss. In theory, that makes for additional hours of work available for other people to take. You've got 100 hourly workers, and 4 of them decide to work 30 hours a week instead of 40? \u00a0That's a whole new full-time job for someone. Isn't that a good thing?<\/p>\n

Finally, presumably this means that people (women or<\/i> men) who have children would be then able to spend more time with those kids, which I would think the GOP would be thrilled about, wouldn't you? I mean, if it was a Republican-passed plan, they'd be trumpeting that as one of its major features; instead, since it's That Man's plan, it's being denounced as promoting slackerdom.<\/p>\n

Goofy.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Kevin Ahlgrim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gasp! People are CHOOSING to work less to stay home with their kids simply because they feel safer about their healthcare? Isn't staying home with kids a good thing? \ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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GOP jumps on CBO’s Obamacare report<\/a><\/p>\n

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