As a small business owner, I would like nothing more than to have the health insurance costs for 25 employees and their families off our books. But our out-of-pocket expense would merely shift from the insurance company to the IRS, though, because the feds aren't going to do it for less money. And if it doesn't come out of our bottom line, it will come from our employees'.

Would this be another one of those untouchable (yet seemingly non-existent) "lock boxes" like they have for Social Security and education?

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)