tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6745419117414088562..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: There's Something You Don't Hear EverydayGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62687489639835008932016-10-27T23:39:58.578-04:002016-10-27T23:39:58.578-04:00That's a good point. Self-employed people are...That's a good point. Self-employed people are among the categories that the gov't is only too happy to screw (along with temporary workers, part time employees, and so forth). It's like we're the "usual suspects," to be rounded up and slapped with another fee for existing every time the government gets together to do something. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-70482406143821671722016-10-27T03:00:45.140-04:002016-10-27T03:00:45.140-04:00the ACA has had a smaller footprint than expected
...<i>the ACA has had a smaller footprint than expected</i><br /><br />Depending on what kind of "footprint", that's not necessarily a good thing. The lion's share of the consequences has come down on self-employed people, and while that's good (or less bad) for people who get insurance through employers or who are on the dole, it also means there's a lot less pressure to put an end to it or provide some kind of relief to the victims, since they're a relatively small minority of the population.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53855303319114316582016-10-26T20:18:04.184-04:002016-10-26T20:18:04.184-04:00NRO article on the fact that the one (sorta) good ...NRO article on the fact that the one (sorta) good thing is that the ACA has had a smaller footprint than expected by either side. This keeps the inevitable collapse just as likely, but smaller. It also makes reversing it less complicated, though still miserable.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-4784546055387310422016-10-26T17:51:21.286-04:002016-10-26T17:51:21.286-04:00Yeah, I really want to shove this in some people&#...Yeah, I really want to shove this in some people's faces that I know, but it wouldn't do any good. Teaching pigs to sing and all that. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521739006999750126noreply@blogger.com