Michele Bachmann: “Let's talk about the reality as an employer and an employee of how egregious this tax is. The employers that were in…”

“Let's talk about the reality as an employer and an employee of how egregious this tax is. The employers that were in front of the Supreme Court today, and there were two employers before the Supreme Court today, they could pay the tax. They could do that, and then enjoy their religious liberty. This is what the tax is: it is over $36,000 per employee per year. So we are talking about a company that has 16,000 employees. They offer a very generous health care package. The employer wants to provide health insurance for their employees. In fact, they already offer 16 different contraceptives. They just don't believe, because it violates their moral belief, that they should supply four different contraceptives because it takes the life of a innocent human being. So they fully pay for health insurance, but if this employer decided they didn't want to offer health insurance, then they would pay the government a $2,000 fine per person. So they can either choose to offer health insurance and pay over $36,000 a year, which would effectively shut the company down. They would have to go out of business.”