[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
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                   THE CASE AGAINST EMPLOYER MANDATES

  (Mr. KIM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, the proponents of the Gephardt plan are trying 
to convince the American people that they will be getting a free ride 
through employer mandates. Employer mandates give an impression that 
all employers get freebies. These mandates give the impression that we 
are getting something for nothing paid for by somebody else. Let me 
tell the Members the truth about employer mandates.
  Employer mandates are nothing more than a tax on jobs. They are 
nothing more than a job-killing payroll tax, a tax that American 
workers will pay in the form of reduced wages and lost jobs. In other 
words, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
  Members do not have to take my word for this. Almost every credible 
study predicts substantial job loss because of employer mandates. Even 
the White House's own economic adviser predicted that such mandates 
would cause over 600,000 job losses.
  The Gephardt plan would guarantee you health coverage at work, but 
only if you are lucky enough to have a job after this plan goes into 
effect. The truth is that employer mandates are just another huge step 
toward the power-hungry liberals real agenda--Government-run health 
care.

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