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back to THE LEAD. The Politics Lead now. It could cause 2.3
million people to drop out of the work force. That's the big
headline out of a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional
Budget Office on the potential effects of the Affordable Care
Act, aka Obamacare, on the U.S. economy by the year 2021.  But
if you bothered to actually read the report, you'll see the
report states that the dip will come almost entirely from a net
decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply.
So, they are not being laid off, they are choosing to opt out.
For example, some workers might choose to retire early since
they will no longer have to rely on their employer for
insurance. That's the positive spi