Kroger to slash hourly workers to avoid Obamacare penalties

The Monster aka Obamacare begins eating salaries.  Ugly part:

Many Kroger employees, I believe, will be shocked to find out about this new policy.

What this means is that Obamacare will stop tens of thousands of Kroger employees — most of whom depend on and need the money — from working more than 28 hours!

Kroger is doing this to avoid paying for full-time healthcare for employees who currently only receive part-time benefits. And they will not get hit with the $3000 penalty.

My own area is a good example. I work with four people who currently get about 36 to 40 hours a week, but they are considered part-time by Kroger and receive limited benefits. Now, they will either have to find another part-time job or they will quit and find a full-time job.

Elections have consequences.  Do your part and vote out this radical Marxist.

Perhaps Obama’s ugliest graphic

Make a liberal mad.  Tell them the truth.

Marxist Maximus Making Moolah

Capitalism for me, not for thee.

Slaying the Taxation Strawman

James Pethokouis has 10 stunning and myth busting charts on the U.S. tax system.  Here’s one sample:

Have class warfare liberals on Facebook and such?  Silence them with a load of facts.

Democrats: Distilled Hypocrisy

MC ‘Bama: You didn’t Build That

*snicker*

President Nekkid will have smallest job increase #’s of any modern President

Absolutely devastating.  Share with the Obama parrots when talking about job creation.

Lies, damn lies and Obama talking points.

So, how’s that ‘Tax the rich’ strategy working for ya?

Compare and Contrast: Wisconsin sees improved revenues to state coffers while “tax the rich” California and Illinois continue to implode.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, tax collections increased 4.7 percent in fiscal year 2012 to $13.5 billion, beating the … Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s February estimate by $320 million.

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The Huffington Post admits that Barack Obama’s home state has the worst budget deficit in the land, totaling a stunning $43.8 billion, despite a massive 60 percent hike in personal income taxes.

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In California, the twice-failed Govern Brown is going for the trifecta. Despite massive tax hikes, the state is running a $6 billion annual deficit, its cities are declaring bankruptcy one after another, and the state pension system is in critical condition, having been raped by the malevolent, corrupt alliance of Democrats and their public sector union cronies.

Why is it that it never occurs to liberals to cut spending?

Defending President Context

I had to read a bit of the article to see how Walter Shapiro was going to answer the title of his missive:  Obama’s 2012 convention challenge: What should he brag about?

Mr. Shapiro tries to convince us that Presidents seeking re-election need to point to ‘overarching’ accomplishments on which to hang their laurels.  He mentions various events during Presidencies from Carter forward and how their convention speeches touted them.  That’s how they did it? Context in a speech?

Really, Walt?  The Convention Speech?  I have a small dose of reality for you, there were three overriding factors in the success of those Presidents:

1.  The Economy

2.  The Economy

3.  The Economy

It’s the economy, Shapiro.

Bonds downgraded in President Downgrade’s home state

The Blue State Pattern continues: Illinois Bonds Downgraded over Pension Crisis.

With public-sector unions fighting tooth and nail to preserve their cushy benefits and expensive pension plans, old style Dems like FDR, Harry Truman and Fiorello LaGuardia—all of whom thought that public sector unionism was a terrible idea—are looking smarter and smarter all the time. The combination of collective bargaining and the power of a focused voting lobby and campaign finance machine has unbalanced the budgets of too many cities and states to retain much appeal to the general public.

If the Democrats lose this election, the impact of the clammy embrace of the public sector union movement in the Midwest will be a major factor in the defeat. Defending an unsustainable governance model is no place for a serious political party.

Go visit Mr. Mead.