Michelle Bachmann Chooses 3 Funny Companies As Examples Of Obamacare Hurting Their Earnings

[damaya]

On today’s CNN’s State of the Union, Candy Crowley asked Michelle Bachmann about a recent poll indicating 61% of Americans want to keep or make changes to the Affordable Care Act, while only 38% want to repeal it.

Michelle Bachman responded:

“…In the last two days, we have found that there’s another report that just came out…how this is hurting the bottom line of major businesses, from GE to UPS to Dollar General. This is hitting their earnings, because the Affordable Care Act…”

So we thought we’d check how the earnings of those 3 companies were doing in their most recent reported quarters.

Dollar General: “Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) today reported record sales, operating profit and net income for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter (13 weeks) and full year (52 weeks) ended January 31, 2014.”

Read more here.

[Thinkingabout]

1. I wonder why she would throw out information which can be so easily verified.

GE has been getting by without paying very much taxes so they should not complain either. I would bet the amount of contribution to employee health coverage will be decreasing and the ACA should get the credit.

[UCmeNdc]

6. Republicans think no one will bother to fact check their statements.

Unfortunately most reporters never check on the facts these days. That is why M. Bachman just says any old nonsense to justify her argument and never worries about being called a liar.

[Whisp]

12. It's like ''Obama admires what Reagan did''... that Transformational word.

Taken totally out of true meaning with a rusted ragged hatchet but people still repeat that stupidity like it was true.

Once the lie is lied forget about straightening anything out for a % of people.
Bachman knows this as do all the slimey liars. Lies have more sticky than the truth too often

[TexasTowelie]

2. Dollar General employees have health insurance?

Okay, maybe the managers but those people work ridiculously long hours and usually don't get overtime pay.

[patricia92243]

3. Poor GE - they only make 99 Million now instead of 100 Million yearly. :(

Sarcasm

[jmowreader]

4. Recalibrate your thinking on GE, Patricia

In the year ending December 31, 2013, GE made $146.045 billion.

Do the math and you shall see: GE makes $100 million every six hours.

[patricia92243]

13. lol - I'm really behind times :)

[Sunlei]

5. employer mandate was delayed until 2015

For some odd reason..Michelle Bachmann et all, want persons with pre-existing conditions to be uninsured & be wards of state taxpayer funding.

It is much more expensive to treat and pay for uninsured persons. State taxpayers paid/pay for the uninsured who manage to crawl into emergency rooms.

Republicans, why would they want higher costs to their states? are they invested in state payments to hospitals for tx of the uninsured?

[CTyankee]

7. what do you expect to come out of that crazy woman's mouth?

Remember how she wondered aloud re Libya "What next, Africa?"

[Sunlei]

8. she had a Uganda? gunrunner as her campaigns paid religious advisor.

Not sure the exact facts but perhaps he was the one she spent time with praying in hotel rooms? as reported by her campaign staff she was refusing to pay. Many weird exploits and statements from her.

She makes me a bit nervous even to read about her statements, don't think I'd want her as a neighbor or a customer. Evil really does walk our earth. Our Congress is the worse it ever has been in history.

[CTyankee]

9. I still don't understand how a nice state like Minnesota could even THINK of sending her to

Congress! Maybe I have a distorted idea about Minnesota, tho...I can't figure it out

[Sunlei]

10. she had a squeeker the last time When she retires more people will go to Minnesoda instead of Canada

[CTyankee]

11. Things are looking up!

Thanks for the info.