all along with a higher tax. If I have to pick, I pick the first one. Healthcare is a very large industry. ~15% of our GDP. It is bigger than our military or social security program in term of money. Just imagine we more than double our military spending now. "So eating out will cost more, but so be it. We, Americans, should out too much anyway." I assume that you meant to type "We Americans eat out too much anyway," but I could be very wrong. Maybe you will wish to share your personal observations with the Hotel and Restaurant Association, and they will want to hear from you. Maybe you need to share this observation with the US restauranteurs, that they just need to get over not having patrons, and will soon have to close, and terminate all employees. I do not care what a state, or municipality might mandate, if a restaurant must close, due to such thinking, then the tax base is lost, as are the jobs. I only hope that I did not read between the lines of what appears to be a typo. Yes, it was a typo. Thanks. As a nation, we are very much splitted on this healthcare issue. Just as many hotel and restaurant owners may not like to pay for healthcare for their employees, there are just as many waiters and waitressess want it. I think the idea that all restaurants will shut down because they need to provide healthcare