TOM MAGUIRE: I Still Want My Free Lunch! “As Obama prepares to backpedal on his new contraception rule, we continue to be amused by this liberal spin . . . It’s free because someone else pays for it? Not really. The consensus among economists is that, regardless of who writes the check, payroll taxes and employee benefits are mostly borne by the employee in the form of lower wages. Of course, with health insurance there is also a favorable tax treatment so the government is chipping in, but still – its not ‘free’ to employees just because it is not in their paycheck.”