From The Wall Street Journal: Progressives are now actively lying about the National Federation of Independent Business because that organization is the formal lead plaintiff in the Obamacare lawsuit, which ruling the Supreme Court is scheduled to announce today.
Here’s what’s going on.
The chairmen of the House Progressive Caucus, Democrats Raul Grijalva [D, AZ] and Keith Ellison [D, MN], [wrote] a letter accusing the NFIB of acting against “the best interest of small business owners” and “the popular opinion of the American small business community.”
Because, of course, all those 300,000 small business NFIB members adore Obamacare. These guys say so.
Then the WSJ notes:
…among the four million small businesses eligible for new tax credits if they provide health insurance for their workers, a mere 170,300 have signed up.
Hmm….
And they ask:
…if the NFIB is as unrepresentative as liberals claim, then why have its ranks grown by 5% since it became a plaintiff in the ObamaCare suit?
And they add:
Some 65% [of NFIB members, in an NFIB poll of its membership] believe ObamaCare will do the opposite [i.e., will increase health care costs] and 77% believe it will result in a higher tax burden, which are among the reasons the group joined the suit. One in five small businesses believes it’ll be forced to alter the benefits it offers employees.
Yeah. That’s broad-based support for Obamacare, all right. It’s their story, and they’re sticking to it.