The New York Post has a little fun needling clueless Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about her recent claim “there is absolutely no evidence . . . that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act” before reporting on the latest 33,000 jobs destroyed by the Affordable Car Act:
The Advanced Medical Technology Association surveyed its members to determine the number of lost jobs since the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices took effect in January 2013, raising about $3.8 billion a year to help pay for ObamaCare.
The survey found that nearly a third of respondents had cut research and development because of the tax, and almost 10 percent had moved manufacturing abroad.
The job losses were put at about 14,000, with another 19,000 openings that were left unfilled.
“During a time when there is bipartisan support for growing high-technology manufacturing jobs, these results should serve as a wake-up call,” said Stephen J. Ubl, president of the Advanced Medical Technology Association.
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Want to see jobs killed? Wait until the effects of a sudden withdrawal from Afganistan (for political reasons) sinks in. How many thousands of troops and support personnel will be floating their resumes for a scan number of available jobs. Obviously, these people will not enjoy a $14M dollar Hawaii vacation.
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