Do you agree with Jay Carney that people should thank Obama that they are not "trapped in a job?"?

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/02/05/white-house-its-a-good-thing-that-obamacare-will-drive-2-5-million-americans-out-of-the-workforce/?partner=yahootix
White House: It's A Good Thing That Obamacare Will Drive 2.5 Million Americans Out Of The Workforce
2/05/2014 
'Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that 2.5 million Americans leaving the workforce was a good thing, because they would no longer be “trapped in a job.”

'The new, larger estimate of the law’s negative impact on the labor force derives from three factors: (1) Obamacare’s employer mandate, which will discourage hiring and reduce wages offered by employers; (2) Obamacare’s $1 trillion in tax increases, which will discourage work and depress economic growth; and (3) the law’s $2 trillion in subsidies for low-income individuals, which will discourage many from remaining in the labor force.

'“Over the longer run, CBO finds that because of this law, individuals will be empowered to make choices about their own lives and livelihoods, like retiring on time rather than working into their elderly years or choosing to spend more time with their families. At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams."

'Bored with your job? No worries—now you can quit, thanks to the generosity of other taxpayers. Want to retire early? No worries—now you can, thanks to the generosity of other taxpayers, and also thanks to the higher premiums that young people will be forced to pay on your behalf. The White House’s apparently sincere belief—echoed by progressive pundits at MSNBC, The New Republic, and the L.A. Times—is that it’s a good thing for fewer Americans to be economically self-sufficient.

'If you’re one of the chumps out there who still toils away at a challenging job, and still pays taxes so that others can “pursue their dreams,” you have a right to resent the White House’s argument. ...Participation in the labor force was already declining, thanks to the poor economy and the retirement of the Baby Boomers. Obamacare, it appears, will accelerate that process, forcing fewer and fewer taxpayers to support a greater number of government beneficiaries.'

Chewy Ivan 2 · Accepted Answer

Yes.  With the current economy and wealth disparity, employment is basically voluntary slavery, except your masters have no incentive to actually provide you enough to live on.

Why should we force 2 Americans to work 60 hours a week for a living while 1 struggles to survive when we could just have all 3 work 40 hours a week for a living?

? · Answer

Removing something that attracts people to a job is hardly helping people. Many jobs have health care. People are much more likely to be trapped in a job because they need the money and in a majority of situations if they get another job that pays enough to live, it will have health care too. So no.

More likely Obama is helping keep people from getting trapped on a job by making them unemployed.

the night of the zombie g · Answer

If you were ONLY working for insurance... yeah, you should thank him for that...

but that article is trash... I know of NO LOW INCOME PERSON THAT ONLY WORKS FOR INSURANCE... which is the ENTIRE BASIS OF THAT ARTICLE...

low income people WORK FOR FOOD... lol...

if they wanted to drop out and get health insurance, they could have done so years ago with medicaid... they're poor after all...

it's the middle class people who are doing OK, but that health insurance bill hits them hard... that's the people who I know that only work for insurance...

YB Logical · Answer

As the DOW Index continues to fall, I fully expect the Obama Administration to claim that a falling Stock Market is in the best interests of the majority of Americans.
Sadly many liberals will believe and support this idea.
"Forward?", I ask. 
 "Hope and change?" 
 More Kool-Aid? 
 Anyone?

princess pounder · Answer

Clearly there will be winners and losers, like anything that is done by DC. Myself, I may retire at 55 since my income would be so low that I could get the subsidies for health insurance and live on my retirement fund. Others may be forced out of their jobs against their will.

? · Answer

It's absolutely ridiculous that the White House is spinning it this way.  People need to work to survive and this administration is encouraging people to be non-productive and live off of the taxpayers.  How much more pathetic can it get?  What's amazing is how many liberals are buying the bilge water that 0bama is selling.

Smartest Guy in the Room · Answer

Libs have an odd curious way of thinking...I believe it has to do with the mutated lib gene the Harvard scientists discovered a few years back.

Anonymous · Answer

Did Obama make the guy shave?

Captain Obvious, Defender of Snack Pudding · Answer

Drive 2.5 million people out of the work force, ROFLMAO. I guess we know where you get your information.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. Power to the people.

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Do you agree with Jay Carney that people should thank Obama that they are not "trapped in a job?"?

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