ObamaCare’s $4 Trillion Tax Increase

Vanguard of Freedom Liberty News 4/18/2012

Senator Jim DeMint has released a report that shows Obamacare will impose $4 trillion in new taxes on the economy between now and 2035.

Says the Senator:

“…these taxes will not be restricted to the wealthy and profitable healthcare businesses. Instead, the weight of $4 trillion in new taxes […]

Report: Dems to Grant Special Exemption to Unions on ‘Cadillac Tax’

[Oh, who didn’t see THIS coming? And isn’t this also Unconstitutional?]

by Philip Klein The American Spectator 1/13/10

In their latest effort to pass a health care bill by any means necessary, Democrats have struck a “tentative deal” with their big labor allies to exempt union benefits from a tax on high value health care […]

House Democrats Blast ObamaCare

by Michael van der Galien NewsRealBlog 2010 January 13

Furious with the Senate and desperate to regain a foothold in the health care debate, a wave of rank-and-file House Democrats assailed the Senate’s tax on high-end health care plans Tuesday night, on the eve of a critical White House meeting with the president.

“There’s a […]

Irate Labor Leaders Press Obama on Proposed Health Care ‘Cadillac’ Tax

The president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, said there was a frank discussion at the nearly two-hour White House meeting with about a dozen heads of the country’s biggest labor unions.

Major Garrett FoxNews.com January 12, 2010

WASHINGTON – President Obama told labor leaders in a tense two-hour closed door tussle over whether to tax […]

Reich: The Last Big Question: Will Health Care Reform Be Paid For By The Rich or the Middle Class?

by Robert Reich RobertReich.org Monday, January 11, 2010

There’s only one big remaining issue on health care reform: how to pay for it. The House wants a 5.4 percent surtax on couples earning at least $1 million in annual income. The Senate wants a 40 percent excise tax on employer-provided “Cadillac plans.” The Senate will […]

Economist Who Touted Obamacare Was Under Contract With HHS for $297K

Jim Hoft GatewayPundit Friday, January 8, 2010

It figures. Liberal economist Jonathan Gruber touted Obamacare to state-run media outlets but did not disclose that he was under contract with Department of Health and Human Services for $297,600.

FOX News reported:

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the leading academic defenders of health care reform, […]

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