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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
IF, however, each person were provided with a $300 stipend (tax free) with which to purchase health insurace as part of their employment package, how many would use the full $300 for health care?
And if there were no obligation/expectation to pay that $300 stipend, how many more people would the employer hire, either part time or full time?
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I would guess that most would pay for health care. But people don't want the extra $300. They want heir employer to bargain for them collectively so they only have to pay $225.
And for your latter point, if your BIGLAW firm didn't have to pay some essentially worthless first-year $150,000 in salary, how many more lawyers could they hire? That's what the market demands. Don't enjoy its advantages if you can't live with its burdens.
