Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Fact Check: Obamacare Costing Jobs

Governor Romney just mentioned the idea of Obamacare as a job-killer.  And indeed it has been: Just last week, one prominent restaurant chain said it was testing the idea of limiting worker hours – so their workers wouldn’t trigger new tax penalties created by Obamacare.  Darden restaurants specifically claimed that it was lowering hours “as one of the many things we are evaluating to help us address the cost implications [Obamacare] will have on our business.”