Documents reveal AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar and Deere are considering droping health care coverage

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Originally Posted by saden1

They're not simpletons for the most part nor are their staff or committee aids, they simply have others writing them bigger checks to include/exclude things from bills. These loopholes are going exist no matter what gets passed...the key is closing these loopholes as soon as possible.

Well OK, they're capable of understanding the issues, but they just don't bother to. Whether because they're having to spend time campaigning, or because they have competing interests, either way they don't get deep enough on things.

As a result they develop legislation that's too simple (hey, let's just pick a number, $2K per employee sounds good!). Then they're surprised when the AT&Ts of the world, with the intellectual capital capable of catching onto such dubious mistakes, do just that and rape the system.

This is one reason why less government is better. These guys just aren't very good at what they do.