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Thought Police: Firms must swear ObamaCare not a factor in firings
• FOX NewsIs the latest delay of ObamaCare regulations politically motivated? Consider what
administration officials announcing the new exemption for medium-sized
employers had to say about firms that might fire workers to get under
the threshold and avoid hugely expensive new requirements of the law.
Obama officials made clear in a press briefing that firms would not be
allowed to lay off workers to get into the preferred class of those
businesses with 50 to 99 employees. How will the feds know what
employers were thinking when hiring and firing? Simple. Firms will be
required to certify to the IRS – under penalty of perjury – that
ObamaCare was not a motivating factor in their staffing decisions. To
avoid ObamaCare costs you must swear that you are not trying to avoid
ObamaCare costs. You can duck the law, but only if you promise not to
say so....