Biden’s vaccine mandate will fine companies from $70k to $700k?

Forbes' Adam Andrzejewski writes, "President Joe Biden didn’t just announce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on companies employing 100 or more people, he plans to enforce it.

On Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House quietly tucked an enforcement mechanism into their $3.5 trillion 'reconciliation' bill, passed it out of the Budget Committee, and sent it to the House floor.

The Democrats outrageous spending bill creates a $700,000 fine for businesses that violate Biden’s vaccine mandate. Outrageous. https://t.co/fRraEv3Jts

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 29, 2021

Buried on page 168 of the House Democrats’ 2,465-page mega bill is a tenfold increase in fines for employers that 'willfully,' 'repeatedly,' or even seriously violate a section of labor law that deals with hazards, death, or serious physical harm to their employees.

The increased fines on employers could run as high as $70,000 for serious infractions, and $700,000 for willful or repeated violations—almost three-quarters of a million dollars for each fine. If enacted into law, vax enforcement could bankrupt non-compliant companies even more quickly than the $14,000 OSHA fine anticipated under Biden’s announced mandate."

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