Well, this is complete nonsense ... well, not nonsense, exactly ... let's call it misinformation and willful deletion of pertinent information.
For example #1 -
The response fails to acknowledge that the cost of insurance will, in fact, increase because of the addition of 'required' healthcare options, such as birth control, etc. It also fails to note that Obamacare is, in fact, socialized medicine because it takes the right of the people to decide their own healthcare coverage (and a corresponding reaction to healthcare issues) and install that power in the federal government (through its mandates for coverage). It also fails to note that the cost of insurance is going up (due to the increase in deductibles and co-pays), and either the employee or the employer is going to have to fill the shortfall.
Now, example #2 -
Any law that forces an individual to do something that violates his religious tenets is, in fact, counter to the freedom of religion aspect of the Constitution. If I, as a business owner, am forced to do something I do not believe to be moral and ethical in order to meet a government mandate, the government has, by definition, violated my freedom of religion.
Example #3 -
Watch what the right hand is doing while the left hand is moving .... giving people free healthcare (and, it is free if the government subsidizes any or all of it) creates an expectation that the government will continue to provide healthcare. How anyone can say this doesn't lead to an expectation of healthcare boggles the mind.
And, finally, my favorite - the Bottom Line.
As always, no liberal dissertation is complete without a plea to the reader's emotions. It's easy to offer an opinion (with no supporting data), and it's easy to pretend it will make you feel good to sacrifice for others. But, the reality is quite different from the rainbows and gumdrops ....
And, then, to have the temerity to suggest that raising the cost of labor will not adversely affect the economy borders, not on nonsensical, but on pure fantasy. Where do you suppose McDonalds is supposed to find the extra $10-15 per hour to pay each employee? Will higher pay result in higher productivity? Can we expect that a $20/hour burger flipper will flip twice as many burgers per hour than a $10/hour burger flipper? Then, you have to ask yourself - if the burger flipper is producing twice as many burgers, doesn't that mean that one of the current employees can be laid off? What is going to be the cost of the increased unemployment? Who is going to pay it? Where does the money come from?
Sorry - this one doesn't pass the logic test. Increased labor costs (whether it be increased wages or increased healthcare costs), just like increased materiel costs, drives the final product price upward.
