Papa John's owner, John Schnatter lives in a castle with a private golf course and a bridge he can raise over his personal moat. He says he can't afford the 11-14 cents the ACA will add to the cost of a pizza, so he is cutting all his employees' hours to keep them below the level where employer paid health care is required.
John Metz, who owns 40 Denny's franchises, says he is also being forced to cut all his employees hours. "'I think it's a terrible thing. It's ridiculous that the maximum hours we can give people is 28 hours a week instead of 40. It's going to force my employees to go out and get a second job." Mr. Metz says he is also going to begin adding a 5% "Obamacare surcharge" to every dinner check. He added that if customers don't like the surcharge, "they can reduce the amount of tip they give to the server".
what eye thynk: The obvious question for Mr. Metz is...if you're cutting your employees' hours to avoid paying for health care, where is the money from the 5% surcharge going? Extra lining for your own pocket?
Business owners like John Schnatter and John Metz have always been around.
Thankfully, we also live in a world with people like Microsoft's Bill Gates who is able to think beyond "me" and has decided to share his wealth wherever he sees a need. (Mr. Gates once asked Mitt Romney to help fund one of his foundation's programs. Mr. Romney declined.)
To paraphrase Papa John's ads; "Less whining, more doing".
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