Businesses prefer ATMs to worker because ATMs are exempt from ObamaCare Boy, that really says it all, doesn't it? Obama is as thick as a brick when it comes to economics. It all boils down to two words, "self interest." Businesses hire workers in order to make more profits, not to help the economy or promote unions or any of the things Democrats seem to think. The more the government increases the costs of hiring employees, the fewer businesses will hire.