Job Creators Alliance:

Job Creators Alliance is the voice of real job creators that has been missing from the American debate on jobs and our economic crisis. JCA members talk about paychecks, not politics, helping the public and policymakers understand how to create jobs.

- Bernie Marcus
co-founder Home Depot

The Obamacare Medical Device Tax will increase the cost of your child's braces by $175.

- Americans for Tax Reform

The Obamacare mandate forcing companies to purchase unlimited lifetime coverage and unlimited annual coverage for themselves and their employees could increase premiums for some businesses by 7 percent.

- Obama Administration

The Keystone Pipeline held up by the President Obama could have created 170,000 jobs - three years ago.

- CNN Money

The National Labor Relations Board forced a nursing home to rehire striking workers who had sabotaged Alzheimers patients' records.

- Washington Examiner

The share of employed young adults (18-24) in the workforce is at the lowest level in 65 years - since measurement began in 1948.

- Pew Social and Demographic Trends

36% of US high school seniors in 11 states scored Below Basic in math. One out of every four eighth-graders in the country is mathematically illiterate.

- National Assessment of Educational Progress

In international tests of 15-year-olds, 16 other industrialized countries scored above the US in science. Out of 30 nations, 23 outscored us in math.

- The Programme for International Student Assessment

Insurance companies will have to remit $8 billion to the federal treasury. The tax climbs to $11.3 billion in 2015 and 2016, to $13.9 billion in 2017, and to $14.3 billion thereafter, adding 3 to 3.7 percent to the cost of premiums..

-Forbes Magazine

A family will pay a total of $5,000 more in premiums, and small businesses nearly $7,000, over the next 10 years. Some states will pay more.

-Forbes Magazine

Seniors on Medicare Advantage plans will pay $3,600 more over the next ten years, thanks to Obamacare. In Florida, seniors will pay an additional $4,000 in premiums.

-Forbes Magazine

The Federal Reserve cited "the unknown effects of the Affordable Care Act as reasons for planned layoffs and reluctance to hire more staff."

-Beige Book, March 2013

Las Vegas Sands Pres.: Jobs Report is Not Encouraging

Real Unemployment Rate

13.9%*

* April 2013
total % of
US unemployed & underemployed (21.6M)

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BREAKING NEWS:

Congress, Staff Seek ObamaCare Exemption

4/25/13: Congressional leaders are engaged in secret bipartisan talks about exempting lawmakers and their aides from ObamaCare. [read here]

BLOG:

Uptick in Part Timers Linked to ObamaCare

5/15/13: The April unemployment report wasn't anywhere near as impressive as Washington claims. [read here]

OPINION:

Christian Science Monitor

Why are Obamacare supporters attacking job creators?

By Bernie Marcus, 5/16/13: When seemingly organized Obamacare supporters attack small business leaders who express concern about the health-care law, job creators are no longer just uncertain about how their business will be impacted by the law. They are afraid. [read here]

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