Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, the doctor from Maryland, for participating with us today. He used an interesting phrase. Now, instead of the trickle-down economics that Republicans have been criticized for for so many years, it looks like we've got bubble-up poverty that is coming from the Affordable Care Act, and its devastating effect on employers and employees across this country is certainly something I hear about every time I go home to the 26th District in north Texas. In fact, 2 weeks ago, I was on a panel in Irving, Texas, with a variety of business owners, hospitals, insurance interests. They were talking about the coming implementation of parts of the Affordable Care Act. We've heard all along from the people who run the small shops--the restaurants, the franchises--of the difficulty that this onerous bill is going to place upon their shoulders, but I was hearing from people that I had not heard from before--car painters, metal shop fabricators, those people who have those shops at between 40 and 60 employees, those who are above 50 employees who are looking for ways to reduce their workforces, and those below 50 employees who understand that they must never do so. The gentleman also brought up the ``49ers,'' the businesses that will not go above 49 employees. There are also the ``29ers,'' the employers who will not keep somebody on the payroll for longer than 29 hours lest it trigger all of the other requirements of them under the Affordable Care Act.…”