In America, too many benefits are tied to full time employment. The biggest one is health insurance. This creates a huge imbalance of power between employer and

In America, too many benefits are tied to full time employment. The biggest one is health insurance. This creates a huge imbalance of power between employer and employee. The absolute worst time to lose (affordable) health insurance is when you become unemployed. It makes no sense! This doesn't even go into people or families with chronic illness. In this way, in order to maintain these benefits, Americans must do what they feel whatever it takes to keep their jobs. That's the number 1 incentive. This is not the product of an institution that has taken on a life of its own. Universal healthcare as a majority of support among Americans (as long as you don't attach Obama's name to it, anyway), but neither party (especially not Republicans) have shown an interest in delivering this to its constituents.