Colorado’s Musings

Barry Hussein has a plan for you to lose your job, pay higher taxes and pay more for goods and services, he of course thinks this is a great idea and will be one of his priorities when he is anointed to the Holy Office of President. Barry labels his plan the Patriot Job Act (coughing up phlegm). If you think I’m kidding, his co-sponsors are Democrats Sherrod Brown and Dick (I’m an arse) Durbin, the bill was introduced in the US Senate this past August.

The bill goes to great lengths to define a patriot company which is anything but patriotic, but given the Messiah’s complete lack of patriotism, this is to be expected. In order to be designated as a patriot company, a company must meet four criteria. Companies meeting his criteria get a 1% tax credit on their profits which will be non-existent, but no matter. Companies that do not meet this criteria such as off-shore companies or companies that outsource will have to pay 35% tx on their profits – supposedly in lieu of the host countries tax rate. Certainly no one told the host companies, so the company would be paying 35% US tax plus the host countries tax. Great plan so far Messiah, let’s look at some of the details shall we?

There are four basic parts to the Great Messiah’s Senate Bill.

1. A patriotic company would pay at least 60 percent of each employee’s health care premiums. Now this is part of the lose your shirt clause. An employee health policy costs $11,500 on average. The employee currently pays $3,000, under the Messiah’s plan you will pay 40% or around $4,900. Oh, you wanted to eat – foolish liberal.
2. A patriotic company must have a position of neutrality in employee [union] organizing drives. Now, next to being a union’s fondest hope, this means that if an employer attempts to present an opposing view to the union, it is unpatriotic. Oh grand Messiah, how much did the special interests give you for this one? Hey libs, didn’t you know that Unions are special interest groups?
3. A patriotic company must maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in the United States relative to the number of full-time workers outside of the United States. This means that the company will have to hire unneeded employees in the US or fire them in the offshore country to remain patriotic. Hiring them here ain’t going to happen, so what will they do? A few things come to mind. Fire all employees and lease them back at a lower cost (salary), lower service expectations, lower quality, become less competitive, go out of business, sell themselves to a foreign corporation. Once again, I see the light Grand Messiah and Poopah – only one with your holistic vision could see such a way – I am humbled.
4. A patriotic company would have to pay a salary to each employee “not less than an amount equal to the federal poverty level”; and provide a pension plan. Now this might seem like a no brainer until you understand that it would apply to overseas workers. So, while the local economy in Mexico, India, China, Nigeria might call for a living wage of $2.00 an hour, this companies would be paying a worker in Mexico with 10 kids $41,530 a year or say $20 an hour.

So you see the Great Omnipotent Obama has grand plans for your futures libs. Keep voting for him and you will be better off moving to Mexico for a good job.