[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H8905-H8906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MOST SMALL BUSINESSES SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATS' 8 PERCENT PAYROLL TAX

  (Mr. CAMP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, despite unemployment fast approaching 10 
percent--over 15 percent in my home State of Michigan--a new analysis 
shows the Democrats' health care plan could force as many as 61 percent 
of small businesses which already provide health insurance to pay a new 
8 percent payroll tax. The House Democrats' bill mandates employers 
must pay a minimum of 72.5 percent of the health insurance premiums for 
individuals and 65 percent for families. If an employer fails to do so, 
then it will be subject to a job- and wage-crushing 8 percent payroll 
tax.
  According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the new mandate will hit 
small firms and their employees especially hard. The majority of those

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small firms that don't meet the Democrats' standards, up to 61 percent 
of small businesses, will pay that tax.
  The bottom line: more taxes and more costs that will hurt the very 
workers they are supposed to help.

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