Would You Like Fries And An ObamaCare Surcharge With That Cheeseburger?

“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” – Barack Obama

From the “You Knew it Was Bound to Happen” department: Restaurants in a Florida chain are passing along the costs of ObamaCare to their customers, via a one percent “ACA surcharge.”

Signs on the doors of eight Gator’s Dockside casual eateries and at tables alert diners to the fee, which is also listed separately on the bill.

Although Gator Group’s full-time hourly employees won’t actually receive health insurance until December, the company said it’s implementing the surcharge now because of the compliance costs it’s facing ahead of ObamaCare’s employer mandate, which kicks in in 2015.

While this particular charge is a mere 20-cents, something tells me this isn’t the last “ACA surcharge” we’ll see, because – as we all know – someone has to foot the bill, and I can’t imagine businesses are going to want to make less money.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/02/118076-like-fries-obamacare-fee-cheeseburger/