“Income, Profit, Equity.” August 2009
When Do Revolutionary Entrepreneurs Speak Out?
Last month, I shared the core tenets of the “Entrepreneurial Revolution” and why I believe it’s important to band together to protect our free enterprise system. Stratworx has defined 7 Truths we believe to be at the core of “Revolutionary Entrepreneurs.”
One of those truths is that we need to understand history, debate ideas and contribute to the democratic process. We must study historical successes, failures, and free market influences that impact business. When we understand actual history (as opposed to revisionist history), we can effectively participate in the democratic process and let our voice be heard.
Times are extremely challenging right now, but there is one topic that demands our attention. Unless you’ve been on a ‘media-free’ vacation, you’ve likely been inundated with the discussion on Healthcare Reform. While there are a number of issues that demand analysis about medical treatment, the impact on business, our freedom to make decisions and the right to privacy are all under attack.
No matter what your politics, religion or level of entrepreneurial experience, I can think of no more critical issue worthy of our time to understand so we can input to our local, state and federal representatives. When you study the history of what led to the Second World War, especially the transformation of Germany, there are a number of clear policies proposed in this bill that are eerily familiar.
Many of our Congressional Representatives haven’t bothered to read the 1018 page bill, which is an insult to citizens of our representative republic. If they don’t read the bill, they may ‘forget’ to share some of these business centric mandates. When you read these and the full list (which is linked below), you may begin to wonder what country we are living in.
- Sec. 113, Pg. 21-22 of the Health Care (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure in order to “ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure”!
- Sec. 163, Pg. 58-59 beginning at line 5 – Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID health care card will be issued!
- Sec. 163, Pg. 59, Lines 21-24 -Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
- Sec. 312, Pg. 145, Lines 15-17 – Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
- Sec. 313, Pg. 149, Lines 16-23 – ANY employer with payroll $400,000 and above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
- Sec. 313, Pg. 150, Lines 9-13 – Businesses with payroll between $251,000 and $400,000 who do not provide public option pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
- Sec. 1156, Pg. 317, Lines 13-20 – “PROHIBITION on physician ownership or Investment.” Government tells doctors what/how much they can own.
- Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 13-19 – The government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records. “The Center may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section.”
- Sec. 1651, Pg. 734, Lines 16-25 – Proposes, for law enforcement sake, that the Secretary of HHS will give Attorney General access to ALL medical data.
These are just a handful of proposals that directly affect business owners, healthcare entrepreneurs, i.e. doctors, and our privacy. Click here to download a summary document with 10 pages of eye opening proposals summarized by the Liberty Counsel. When you are done reviewing that and getting your blood pressure under control, write, email and call your representatives and give them your opinion…before it’s too late.
Now is the time for “Revolutionary Entrepreneurs” to speak out!
Here’s to Freedom!
Steve
Steve Olds
Founder and CEO
www.STRATWORX.com