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Business can survive only as long as they make a profit. That requires keeping costs low so they can compete in the marketplace. Anything that increases the cost of doing business requires the company to either increase prices or lose money. Losing money eventually drives the business into bankruptcy or forces them out of the marketplace. Either causes employees to lose their jobs. That's the reality of the capitalist system.

Government mandated healthcare increase costs. Few companies can afford that, even big ones. An examination of the legacy costs of Airlines, Auto manufactures and other old economy' company's show they are struggling to keep in business. Healthcare expenses are one of their biggest problems. Now imagine the problems faced by your localmom and pop' stores, if they have to pay for healthcare for their employees.

The big companies who can keep their healthcare costs low through economy of scale are in trouble. A small business that has to pay higher rates would be devastated.

According to statistics some 40-million Americans are without health insurance. Advocates say the problem can't be solved without requiring all business to provide their workers healthcare. They conveniently ignore the rest of the story. Most people don't have health insurance, while between jobs, for only six months. The majority of the rest are the poor and children. The Federal Medicaid program covers them. As a last resort, hospitals are required to treat everybody who comes into their Emergency rooms.

Washington mandated healthcare would force business to increase costs, lower wages, fire employees or adopt some combination of these choices. They have no choice. If they fail to successfully adapt to the mandated costs, they will go out of business. No business, no jobs, and more unemployment. That's bad for the economy. What's bad for the economy is bad for all of us.

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