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More IRS red tape, more cost to employers

By admin | June 28th, 2010 | (0) Comments | Permalink |

The Obama Administration set up new IRS rules that require businesses to file 1099-MISC forms for annual expenditures over $600 with any one organization, like Office Depot.  This means that if you spend $600 or more on anything, including office supplies – you will have to file one of these forms.  Do you think that this radical red tape rule is good for your company?  If not, tell the White House and Congress that enough is enough.



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Washington Examiner: WH says 51% of company health plans won't meet Obamacare guidelines

By admin | June 14th, 2010 | (0) Comments | Permalink |

By Mark Hemingway

At Investor's Business Daily, Sean Higgins and David Hogberg have a doozy of a story:

Internal White House documents reveal that 51% of employers may have to relinquish their current health care coverage by 2013 due to ObamaCare. That numbers soars to 66% for small-business employers.

The documents - product of a joint project of the Labor Department, the Health and Human Services Department and the IRS - examine the effects new regulations would have on existing, or "grandfathered," employer-based health care plans.

Draft copies of the documents were reportedly…

TAB on EPA's War on Texas

By admin | May 26th, 2010 | (0) Comments | Permalink |

Austin -- The following statement may be attributed to Texas Association of Business President Bill Hammond:

"The Texas Legislature began to realize years ago that to achieve the necessary reductions in air emissions in this state would require not only the resolve to identify and make the reductions, but a process for efficient administrative, legal and technical review that would enable approval of the changes so that the environmental and public health benefits could be realized as early as possible. Federal law allows Texas to design its own permitting program as long as it meets EPA requi…

The Next Bailout: $165B for Unions

By admin | May 25th, 2010 | (0) Comments | Permalink |

By Erik Berte

FOXBusiness



A Democratic senator is introducing legislation for a bailout of troubled union pension funds. If passed, the bill could put another $165 billion in liabilities on the shoulders of American taxpayers.

The bill, which would put the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation behind struggling pensions for union workers, is being introduced by Senator Bob Casey, (D-Pa.), who says it will save jobs and help people.

As FOX Business Network’s Gerri Willis reported Monday, these pensions are in bad shape; as of 2006, well before the market dropped and recession began, only 6…

Wall Street Journal - Goodbye, Employer-sponsored insurance

By admin | May 21st, 2010 | (0) Comments | Permalink |

Millions of American workers could discover that they no longer have employer-provided health insurance as ObamaCare is phased in. That's because employers are quickly discovering that it may be cheaper to pay fines to the government than to insure workers.

AT&T, Caterpillar, John Deere and Verizon have all made internal calculations, according the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to determine how much could be saved by a) dropping their employer-provided insurance, b) paying a fine of $2,000 per employee, and c) leaving their employees with the option of buying hig…

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