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In reply to the discussion: Beware The GOP and Their Allies Are Out In Full Force Against the ACA [View all]Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Republicans, business and even the unions don't like the ACA because the State exchanges offers freedom of choice to the worker. There once was a time when the hope of salting away a pension is what shackled employee to employer. Employers shed pension in lieu of cheaper potable 401k's. Since then, healthcare insurance has shackled employee to employer. The ACA will end that indentured servitude. Even unions, who haven't been able to hang their hats on wage increases the past 20 years, have used access to healthcare insurance as their chief selling point. The ACA represents a loss of power and control. The idea that corporate America can ship our jobs to third world labor markets in the blink of an eye but the worker must remain totally dependent on that same employer for health insurance is blatantly absurd. In a global economy, workers need flexibility and not codified indentured servitude.