Get Ready for Congress to Tell Us ...

[Si modo]

... that it's all the corporations' fault that they cannot hire people or even keep those they have employed. Certainly the coming increases in unemployment and corporate flight offshore cannot have anything to do with any legislation or government oppression.

Waxman has summoned the CEOs of corporations who DARED to criticize the bill for costing them too much. The public flogging starts April 21st.

AT&T, Deere CEOs Called by Waxman to Back Up Health-Bill Costs
March 27, 2010, 7:28 PM EDT

By Viola Gienger

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Henry Waxman called the chief executive officers of AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Caterpillar Inc. and Deere & Co. to provide evidence to support costs the companies plan to book related to the new health-care law.

Waxman of California, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak of Michigan released letters they wrote to the executives, saying their plans to record expenses against earnings as a result of the law contradict other estimates. The lawmakers requested the executives appear at hearing Stupak plans on April 21.

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AT&T, Deere CEOs Called by Waxman to Back Up Health-Bill Costs - BusinessWeek

The intimidation starts.

(Waxman sent the summons Saturday night, too. He be bad, eh?)

 

[WillowTree]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

 

[boedicca]

As I keep reminding people:

The Nanny State is morphing into The Bully State.

 

[WillowTree]

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[Soggy in NOLA]

It's all gonna be ok..... Obama cares.

 

[VaYank5150]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

 

[VaYank5150]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

Oh yes...the recession that didn't start until Obama took office, THAT recession. Thanks.

 

[Si modo]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

Unfortunately for the large employers, the accounting rules require them to eliminate those deductions immediately. Thus, even though nothing is supposed to happen as far as any alleged benefit to any citizen until some time, the employers are immediately penalized.

Massive layoffs to come.

Mass exodus of employers offshore.

 

[Vel]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."



Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

 

[VaYank5150]

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

Unfortunately for the large employers, the accounting rules require them to eliminate those deductions immediately. Thus, even though nothing is supposed to happen as far as any alleged benefit to any citizen until some time, the employers are immediately penalized.

Massive layoffs to come.

Mass exodus of employers offshore.

And then depression set in....I will never understand how you people get yourselves out of bed every day. You afraid of EVERYTHING and there is no light at the end of the tunnel for you. You must be depressed.

 

[WillowTree]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

Let me guess....they blamed it on Obamacare, right?

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

I think the money grab starts immediately..

 

[VaYank5150]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."


Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

I for one, cannot wait to hear CAT explain their $100M first year impact. Hopefully, THIS gets put on C-SPAN!

 

[WillowTree]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."



Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

kind of T H U G G I S H behavior innit?

 

[Si modo]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

....

And that is the horrifying aspect of all this in a nutshell.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."



Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

 

[Si modo]

Of course not.... it was the Obama recession. Obamacare doesn't start for years... hence the "urgency".

Get with the program asshat.

Unfortunately for the large employers, the accounting rules require them to eliminate those deductions immediately. Thus, even though nothing is supposed to happen as far as any alleged benefit to any citizen until some time, the employers are immediately penalized.

Massive layoffs to come.

Mass exodus of employers offshore.

And then depression set in....I will never understand how you people get yourselves out of bed every day. You afraid of EVERYTHING and there is no light at the end of the tunnel for you. You must be depressed.

I know I am fascinating, but try to stick with the actual topic, no matter how disgusting it is.

Thanks.

 

[G.T.]

I don't understand the Conservative position on this. I really don't. They're taking away a "handout," you should be jumping up and down for hoorays.

 

[Immanuel]

a friend of mine lost his job yesterday,, TWO weeks away from retirement.. these people suck.

That one was not on account of HCR. They may use that as an excuse, but it has nothing to do with HCR.

Immie

 

[Vel]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."


Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

I for one, cannot wait to hear CAT explain their $100M first year impact. Hopefully, THIS gets put on C-SPAN!

What fucking business is it of Waxman's? Good God you are such a good little communist.

 

[Si modo]

I can't believe that people can look at what this Congress is doing and not be horrified. What right in the United States of America does Congress have to demand that CEO'S of PRIVATE companies stand before them and explain themselves. IRS audit maybe.. but CONGRESS? People better open their eyes.

Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
March 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation's top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances -- a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats' flawed health care reform legislation."


Read more at the Washington Examiner: Democrats threaten companies hit hard by health care bill | Washington Examiner

I for one, cannot wait to hear CAT explain their $100M first year impact. Hopefully, THIS gets put on C-SPAN!

Then become a major stockholder or an employee, like normal folks who want to know internal business.