Companies like New England Healthcare, Aegis Insurance, Ruby Tuesday, AMF Bowling Worldwide, Cracker Barrel, Dish Network, CIGNA, Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc., Aetna, Jack in the Box, Captain Elliot's Party Boats, and TriPak?
Or unions like IBEW No. 915, UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust, Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Welfare Fund, UFCW Local 227, UFCW Maximus Local 455, Local 25 SEIU, UFCW Local 1262, Transport Workers and Local 802 Musicians Health Fund?
Let's let Jim Hoft tell us:
The Obama Administration recently handed out 111 Obamacare waivers to special US companies... And, they're hiding this from the American public. It takes 6 clicks to find out this information on the government's health care website.
Unfortunately, if you're a small business or you don't have the right connections you can't get a waiver for your company.
That's the new reality under the Obama-Pelosi regime.
So there's 111 more reason to repeal Obamacare.
As if we needed more.



Comments (19)
But...but...but....it was g... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 12:49 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
But...but...but....it was going to drive costs DOWN! So ignore those premium increases. And you doctors suck up that 23% cut in reimbursements.
'Cause Nancy and Barry know how to run health care. If you're a small business owner, you are obviously FILTHY RICH. So make a 'small donation' to the DNC and watch that wavier just 'magically' appear. Hey! It worked for GM dealers when Government Motors cut the number of dealerships.
1. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 12:49 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 12:49
2. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 1:00 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
It's the luxury tax all over again.
The left.
Impervious to history.
Impervious to truth.
Everything the left believes about economics and the forces that guide human behavior is wrong.
Everything.
Which is why all left-wing governments, if not stopped, inexorably and unavoidably will devolve into an authoritarian state.
This is because when your philosophy is not rooted in reality, you must attempt to control the populace to maintain the facade.
Every lib economic idea is another Potemkin Village.
Shorter version: "2 legs good, 4 legs bad!"
2. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 1:00 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:00
3. Posted by jim m | November 14, 2010 1:01 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
This was not an error. This was intended to force companies into the arms of the government. In order for companies to keep operating they will need to keep coming to the government to get waivers for the restrictive regulations that keep pouring forth from DC. In turn these companies will be forced to 1) enrich government insiders and their friends and 2) comply with additional, extralegal burdens that the government seeks to put on industry that it cannot pass by normal means.
The point is to turn every company, every citizen into a supplicant to the government. SO far they are succeeding.
3. Posted by jim m | November 14, 2010 1:01 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:01
4. Posted by Gmac | November 14, 2010 1:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Like you and me, only better.
4. Posted by Gmac | November 14, 2010 1:22 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:22
5. Posted by Mark | November 14, 2010 1:38 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Don't forget the Muslim Union. Muslims are exempt.
5. Posted by Mark | November 14, 2010 1:38 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:38
6. Posted by Stan2 | November 14, 2010 1:47 PM | Score: -13 (13 votes cast)
Poor racist bastards. They hate Obama so much they can't keep track of their own rants.
"The Obama Administration recently handed out 111 Obamacare waivers to special US companies"
GASP! DOUBLEY-DOO GLENN BECK GASP!
From this blog 6 weeks ago:
That quote is from the Wizbang post September 30 that bore the Doubley-Doo Glen Beck Gasp creating headline "McDonalds May Be Forced To Drop Hourly Employee Health Benefits"
lol.
Are you morons who don't have a clue on the issues, or just racist bastards who hate so much you can't keep track of your own poo droppings?
Signs point to "both"....
6. Posted by Stan2 | November 14, 2010 1:47 PM |
Score: -13 (13 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:47
7. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 1:56 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
stan2: "lol. Are you morons who don't have a clue on the issues, or just racist bastards who hate so much you can't keep track of your own poo droppings?"
Oh look!! It's stan2. Back to make some more fan-tab-u-lous "correlations"!!
What fun!
Hey stan2, have waivers been granted, or not?
If so, why?
Why now?
If obambi-care is so double-chocolately-fudge-with-whipped-cream good, why are waivers even needed?
7. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 1:56 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:56
8. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 1:57 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Stan2 - when in doubt, and you don't have a freaking clue as to what you're talking about,
THROW OUT THE RACE CARD!!!
8. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 1:57 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 13:57
9. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 2:06 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
It's become clear to me that there is a clear correlation between days ending in "y" and stan2 posting non-sensical drivel.
I wonder if stan2 has ever pondered the implications of that clear and irrefutable correlation.
9. Posted by Drago | November 14, 2010 2:06 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 14:06
10. Posted by Stephen Macklin | November 14, 2010 2:41 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I'm no legal expert, but I have to wonder how many exemptions it will take before someone can file a serious and winnable suit on equal protection grounds?
10. Posted by Stephen Macklin | November 14, 2010 2:41 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 14:41
11. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | November 14, 2010 2:49 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Obama is just trying separate the good comrades from the bad comrades, is all.
11. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | November 14, 2010 2:49 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 14:49
12. Posted by DaveD | November 14, 2010 3:04 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
'Are you morons who don't have a clue on the issues, or just racist bastards who hate so much you can't keep track of your own poo droppings?
Signs point to "both"....'
It's OK Stan. Please continue your conversation with yourself. You libs have this fascinating habit of posing questions and then answering them. I think it's how you avoid getting into uncomfortable discussions with folks outside of your ideologic comfort zone. So, talk amongst yourself.
12. Posted by DaveD | November 14, 2010 3:04 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 15:04
13. Posted by SER | November 14, 2010 3:33 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Stan2 doesn't seem to be very good at the "troll" job. He might be getting nervous that Mr. Soros will fire him.
Stan2, to be "good" at the troll job, you must make your points clearly. Perhaps "googling" evidence that supports your position and providing a link for us.
In your comment #6, you accuse us of not reading a previous post in which it is said that the insurance company for McDonalds will drop coverage without a waiver from Obamacare. We are pointing out that many companies and labor unions are requesting waivers from Obamacare - proof that Obamacare is not a good thing. Is your point that this is old news? Everyone knows Obamacare is bad or is it something else? Please advise.
13. Posted by SER | November 14, 2010 3:33 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 15:33
14. Posted by jim m | November 14, 2010 3:43 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Well Stan2, we are racists by definition of not agreeing with obama on the issues. Is there any other definition for the word racism? I realize that you can find a definition that most dictionaries today would define as archaic that defines racism as hatred or discrimination against another based on their race, but the left has made that definition quite meaningless in common parlance.
And oddly enough your link is exactly to the point. obama's BS law has made it so onerous for companies to provide health benefits that they would rather drop all their employees rather than comply. So his administration is giving every major corporation that asks a waiver. I wonder how much money they are required to give before they get it? I wonder if a company with a history of supporting conservative issues would ever get a waiver?
I suspect that as soon as a company with sufficient financing and public stature get refused that there will be a lawsuit on equal protection grounds. That is if the whole things hasn't been done away with through the courts or by congress first.
14. Posted by jim m | November 14, 2010 3:43 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 15:43
15. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 6:23 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Hey Stan2 - check it out. The whole world has gone racist!
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/14/left-right-agree-obamas-g-20-performance-worst-ever/
I thought a vote for Barry was a vote for the rest of the world falling in love with us.
15. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 6:23 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 18:23
16. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 6:52 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
OMG! Is Barry losing WaPo?
Is WaPo RACIST?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/12/AR2010111202846.html
Of course they still by into Barry's "non-partisanship" shtick. You'd think they have seen through that over the last 2 years.
16. Posted by GarandFan | November 14, 2010 6:52 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 18:52
17. Posted by Mark | November 14, 2010 8:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey, I'm not racist, I don't like the white part of him either!!!
17. Posted by Mark | November 14, 2010 8:53 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on November 14, 2010 20:53
18. Posted by Jeff | November 15, 2010 1:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Stan ...
I'm trying to decide, Are you as dumb as a bag of hammers or as bright as a potted plant ?
Can you provide some insight ?
Thanks ...
18. Posted by Jeff | November 15, 2010 1:29 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on November 15, 2010 13:29
19. Posted by Stan2 | November 15, 2010 11:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Clearly jimm is the biggest idiot on the board.
"Well Stan2, we are racists by definition of not agreeing with obama on the issues"
Show me where I said that, j.moron - please.
On the one hand you morons argue that waivers are a good thing and that mean ol black man won't let McDonald's Corp have the waiver they deserve - then you racists asses turn right around and argue that mean ol black man is handing out waivers and THAT's a bad thing.
Problem is, jimm, that it clearly isn't the issues driving your hatred of Obama. You are too monumentally stupid to understand the issues.
19. Posted by Stan2 | November 15, 2010 11:14 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on November 15, 2010 23:14