Exactly right, SG. I've got another business associate here that I do subcontract labor for on occasion. He said that he may very well be forced out of business by this health care plan.
That 941 payroll tax issue is the reason I never hired employees myself. I sub contract everything I need. If I had to pay quarterly payroll, I'd go broke.
It keeps me small but so far it's worked out. But it's a real shame that small businesses have to scrape by when they are the very backbone of this economy.
All I see with the healthcare plan is just what you pointed out...higher unemployment because the businesses won't be able to keep the employees they have.
I'm trying to figure out which country I want to take up residence in as this one falls apart...but unfortunately I don't know if any of them are much better off.