The economist Mark Zandi debunked the wingnut myth that because of the ACA employers are reducing workers hours and here's more data from the Current Population Survey:
Obamacare Isn’t Causing an Increase in Part-Time Employment, In One Chart
Posted October 3, 2013 at 12:26 pm by Max B. Sawicky
EPI
The fact is that since the end of the Great Recession, the trend in part-time employment has been down, not up. The black line in the chart below shows the share of part-time workers in the labor force. The light blue region shows the level of workers who are part-time due to economic reasons. The navy blue region show the level of workers who are part time due to “non-economic” reasons (health, child care responsibilities, etc.). The vertical bars denote recessions, from peak to trough.
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http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2013/10/everything-is-negotiable-including.html
Glimpses behind the curtains of the shadow show.
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