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Monday, August 24, 2009

Small Business Splits Over Obama Health Plan


“The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) says small-business owners should worry about the [health care] bills’ requirement that employers provide health insurance, and about higher taxes on the wealthy to pay for the proposed benefits. NFIB, a powerful lobbying group and a traditional friend to conservative causes, also says the House reform bills wouldn’t be effective in decreasing insurance costs…. An alternative, small-business lobbying group has formed to back Mr. Obama’s reform efforts. The Main Street Alliance was organized in 2008 as an alternative to NFIB and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.” (Washington Times, Monday)

When was the last time business proposed a free-market solution?

FEE Timely Classic
“The Immorality of Government-Mandated Health Care” by Paul A. Cleveland


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.