Obamacare Has Unforeseen Consequences

[joeydb]

The line item thing is a good idea.

The fact is that the prices of everything will be going up due to ObamaCare. And there will be layoffs for the same reason.

If the politicians did not foresee that business owners would not absorb the cost as they do necessary expenses, shame on them. The cellphone and telecom companies have been doing that for years. The FCC cost is a separate line item. It tells the customer, directly, "Don't blame me for this part of the price - it wasn't my idea. If you don't like it, call your Congressman."

More businesses should do this, and for other motivations as well. Businesses collect sales taxes for local and state governments and list it separately too.

There is no right of the government to expect the business owner, in addition to being a tax collector, to also be a "public relations" agent to also hide that cost from the consumer.