Obamacare is a Job Killer (healthcare, Alabama, economy, government)

[Winter_Sucks]

Or not.

Business economists expect strong growth rebound : Business

[Opin_Yunated]

"Obamacare is a job killer" was always a steaming pile of horse manure.

[SourD]

Oh yeah, everyone can work in the medical field. Even those who's ONLY skills are sitting on a porch sucking down a forty or flipping burgers.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

"Obamacare is a job killer" was always a steaming pile of horse manure.

I've been pretty active in keeping up with the affairs of the ACA and I don't recall a major concerted proclamation by mainstream conservatives that ACA would be a "job killer." Perhaps you can show me what I missed.

PS.....If this is literally the extent to which the GOP can be considered to have called ACA a job killer, then you folks are literally crying over nothing.



http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/gop...opper-again-2/

• • Five ads by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attack Democrats by repeating the “Obamacare will kill jobs” refrain.
  • Seven other Chamber spots praise Republicans, using the same theme.
  • An ad from the group Freedom Path, supporting Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, says the law is “devastating to small business.”
  • Republican Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama features a large stack of papers he claims are “job-killing regulations and taxes” in one of his spots.

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

I've been pretty active in keeping up with the affairs of the ACA and I don't recall a major concerted proclamation by mainstream conservatives that ACA would be a "job killer." Perhaps you can show me what I missed.

So you have been living under a rock?

My goodness... the last 5 years have been all about Obamacare being a "job killer."

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

The claims of killing jobs became ridiculous when I heard there were jobs being killed even before any of the exchanges were going into effect. Hell, there were reports of jobs about to be lost long before it went into effect. That small employers (<50 people) were laying off employees, even with enough demand to keep them employed, because the exchanges were going into effect 2 years later...while the ACA didn't effect small employers of less then 50 people.

So far we have as many jobs as there were before the credit crunch. That's killing jobs?

Maybe they can start complaining about keeping government out of their Medicare again

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

So you have been living under a rock?

My goodness... the last 5 years have been all about Obamacare being a "job killer."

Mitch McConnell.

No, i've been reading data. Where rhetoric and data don't match up, I always go for the data. And when anyone, conservatives included, spout unsubstantiated rhetoric I tune out.

But in totality, I have not heard what could be considered a nationwide rally-cry against ACA for "job killing" reasons. Some overblown rhetoric? Of course. But none of it ever got traction. Sounds like liberals took the rhetoric more to heart than conservatives.

Furthermore, a net increase in jobs does not mean ACA was not a job killer.

[Winter_Sucks]

Good economic news always gets our conservative friends upset. I wonder why that is?

[HappyTexan]

The healthcare industry was creating about 25K jobs per month (BLS) before ACA passed.
In the past 50 months since ACA was passed 982,000 healthcare jobs got created.
That comes out to 19.6K jobs per month.

So, no Obamacare did not create 1 million "new" jobs because those jobs were already being created with an aging population.


Since Obamacare Passed 50 Months Ago, Healthcare Has Gained Almost 1 Million Jobs - Forbes

[Hesster]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

No, i've been reading data. Where rhetoric and data don't match up, I always go for the data. And when anyone, conservatives included, spout unsubstantiated rhetoric I tune out.

Except when it comes to climate change... and the economy... and whatever other hysterical spew that comes down the right-wing pipeline.

You're either lying through your teeth or you need to do some serious self-examination.