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Papa John's Pizza To Raise Prices Because Of Obamacare, CEO John Schnatter Says

Papa John's CEO John Schnatter says that Obamacare will result in a $0.11 to $0.14 price increase per pizza, or $0.15 to $0.20 cents per order, Pizza Marketplace, a trade publication, reports. (Hat tip: @dkberman via Twitter.)
Under Obamacare, the company, which is the third-largest pizza takeout and delivery chain in the United States, will have to offer health care coverage to more of its 16,500 total employees or pay a penalty to the government.


OMG...a 15 to 20 cent increase on a 14.00 pizza to give 16,500 employees a chance at having health care...

Anyone that doesnt believe thats a value is NUTS...because if they dont have insurance we will pay far more for their trip to the emergency room...


Papa John's Pizza To Raise Prices Because Of Obamacare, CEO John Schnatter Says

Romney should use this 20 cent increase as an example of how Obama is destroying America.
 
What do you actually know about their business?

It sells some sort of round, flat consumable item that Red state conservatives can (or maybe could) afford to eat.
 
Maybe that is the root of their problem in the first place?

Exercise can fix many problems better than prescription drugs can.....
Thanks for prescribing exercise instead of drugs. One doesn’t need doctors any more. OK
 
What do you actually know about their business? You act as though 20 cents is nothing, but you have no idea if that is true. They are in a very competitive market, you don't know that 20 cents isn't a price increase that will cause issues.
If Papa Johns was the only pizza place that had to increase their prices your position could be rational. But, all Pizza places will have the same issue. And, the burger place will have to increase their prices too, etc. So you have to step back to see the larger picture. Instead of having and very high cost health care provided by the ER or no health care and being sick and unemployable, we could have health care that is more efficient and that puts all Pizza places on a level playing field, burger places too.

Where I worked I had manufacturing complain about the recommendations I was making. I was forcing manufacturing process changes to reduce defects in product. Manufacturing was measuring the cost of a defect as only the process to fix it, a small cost. We'd just ship our customer a new one. Manufacturing didn't measure the cost of the field engineer, possibly the design engineer (me), the sales guy, etc. visiting the customer; or the cost of the customer considering another vendor.
 
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Thanks for prescribing exercise instead of drugs. One doesn’t need doctors any more. OK

Wow.... someone sure has embraced drugs as the cure-all to everything huh?
 
Wow.... someone sure has embraced drugs as the cure-all to everything huh?
Who in particular? I see them all the time. Fat, can't hardly move, sitting in the stands, watching their kids. BTW, we are nationally competive in a difficult to master physical sport that we practice and are coached 4 times a week.
 
Spread this slogan nation wide.


NO healthcare =

No business
no jets
no yachts
no shareholder leeches

I will be protesting them .......LOL

Lets see how they like ZERO money to complain about
 
That's assuming the same number of people order pizza.

With price increases come volume decreases.

The end result will be much more than that. Everything you buy will cost more, not just a stupid pizza.

who says price msut change?

why not eliminate the jet or yacht?

Why not reduce dividends?

Why not reduce CEO pay?

Why not reduce executive Beni's?
 
who says price msut change?

why not eliminate the jet or yacht?

Why not reduce dividends?

Why not reduce CEO pay?

Why not reduce executive Beni's?

Then why risk going into business if some jackass is going to try to take what you earned?
 
Spread this slogan nation wide.


NO healthcare =

No business
no jets
no yachts
no shareholder leeches

I will be protesting them .......LOL

Lets see how they like ZERO money to complain about

But your slogan is BS, because prior to the advent of health care, business did exist, and it existed in great quantity.
 
Then why risk going into business if some jackass is going to try to take what you earned?

YOU earned???? or the WORKER earned.......speaking of jackasses taking things..........
 
YOU earned???? or the WORKER earned.......speaking of jackasses taking things..........

Who is taking on the risk?
 
YOU earned???? or the WORKER earned.......speaking of jackasses taking things..........

You have NEVER been in business have you? have you even worked at one? Most businesses fail. Did you know that? Do you know how much money you need to start one, and then how much more you need to keep it going? Do you know what a billing cycle is? Do know how much time the average business owner puts in in a typical week? Do you know how many government hoops you have jump though just to start a business? You might have wanted to answer those questions before you asked the one you did. It would have saved you from looking like a twit. Really. If you anwered them now you will answer your own question.The answers might even surprise you.:roll:
 
You have NEVER been in business have you? have you even worked at one? Most businesses fail. Did you know that? Do you know how much money you need to start one, and then how much more you need to keep it going? Do you know what a billing cycle is? Do know how much time the average business owner puts in in a typical week? Do you know how many government hoops you have jump though just to start a business? You might have wanted to answer those questions before you asked the one you did. It would have saved you from looking like a twit. Really. If you anwered them now you will answer your own question.The answers might even surprise you.:roll:

It's funny when people think that the money businesses make is all profit. LOL! It shows that they don't know at all what they are talking about. Some businesses don't profit at all when they first start out.
 
It's funny when people think that the money businesses make is all profit. LOL! It shows that they don't know at all what they are talking about. Some businesses don't profit at all when they first start out.

If you start a restuant in my area dont expect a profit for about 2 years. No joke. :shock:
 
If you start a restuant in my area dont expect a profit for about 2 years. No joke. :shock:

I believe you. Some people don't understand how much blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifice it takes to create a successful business. They seem to think that you open up a business, you make all this crazy money and then you're a greedy business owner. Obviously they don't understand about overhead costs, paying employees and the costs of having to reinvest in your company.
 
You have NEVER been in business have you? have you even worked at one? Most businesses fail. Did you know that? Do you know how much money you need to start one, and then how much more you need to keep it going? Do you know what a billing cycle is? Do know how much time the average business owner puts in in a typical week? Do you know how many government hoops you have jump though just to start a business? You might have wanted to answer those questions before you asked the one you did. It would have saved you from looking like a twit. Really. If you anwered them now you will answer your own question.The answers might even surprise you.:roll:

There is no "risk" to business or they would not invest.
Look at "free market" of strip clubs in Seattle or climbing guides on Rainier. (They are monopolys)
look at "Barriors to entry" legislation in every industry. See business LIKES hoops because it ELIMINATES competition.

The truth of investing and busienss, is contrairy to your BS about" hard working businessman" lie.

How about that "risk" at AIG ?????? Where did that $170B go?

Look at profits per employee on wall street and tell me about your "expences" BS.

$300,000 profit per employee and they only pay a H1B slave $20,000 to make the product..........

Catapillar $480,000 revenue per employee, 32% gross margin and they refuse to give
employees a raise or pay for healthcare..........so they strike.......

Only twit is pirate :)
 
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There is no "risk" to business or they would not invest.
Look at "free market" of strip clubs in Seattle or climbing guides on Rainier. (They are monopolys)
look at "Barriors to entry" legislation in every industry. See business LIKES hoops because it ELIMINATES competition.

The truth of investing and busienss, is contrairy to your BS about" hard working businessman" lie.

How about that "risk" at AIG ?????? Where did that $170B go?

Look at profits per employee on wall street and tell me about your "expences" BS.

$300,000 profit per employee and they only pay a H1B slave $20,000 to make the product..........

Catapillar $480,000 revenue per employee, 32% gross margin and they refuse to give
employees a raise or pay for healthcare..........so they strike.......

Only twit is pirate :)

What do you do for a living? I am now abosolutely curious, because I cannot comprehend how you got to your thinking. I could some enlightenment.
 
Who is taking on the risk?

Depends on the field.


If you are an NFL team owner, it's the players who take on all the risk. I've never heard of an owner being paralyzed while watching the game in the owners box.

If you own a construction company, it's the workers who are really taking on all of the real risk (Granted,m if you are like how I was and you're strapping on the toolbelt as well, you're taking on more risk than your employees by a lot).

Crab boat owner? Everyone who is on the boat when it goes to sea. If the owner is one who hires a captain, then s/he's taking on very little risk compared to the fishermen. Practically none.

Just because someone owns a company doesn't mean they are actually doing anything to earn their money, and often they have far less in teh way of monetary risks than is assumed, considering the layers of protection they can legally take advantage of to mitigate their liability should things go pear shaped.
 
A CEO's desk is acres of bare space because he does nothing. He has ideas, and pays other people to action them. He pays them less than the value of what they do, and after expenses, that's where the profit comes from.
 
Depends on the field.


If you are an NFL team owner, it's the players who take on all the risk. I've never heard of an owner being paralyzed while watching the game in the owners box.

If you own a construction company, it's the workers who are really taking on all of the real risk (Granted,m if you are like how I was and you're strapping on the toolbelt as well, you're taking on more risk than your employees by a lot).

Crab boat owner? Everyone who is on the boat when it goes to sea. If the owner is one who hires a captain, then s/he's taking on very little risk compared to the fishermen. Practically none.

Just because someone owns a company doesn't mean they are actually doing anything to earn their money, and often they have far less in teh way of monetary risks than is assumed, considering the layers of protection they can legally take advantage of to mitigate their liability should things go pear shaped.

If you strapped on a tool belt as the owner of a contruction company then you would know, damn well, in fact that the risk an owner takes is finacial. If something goes wrong even if its not the owners fault directly, guess whos on the hook, very very rarely the employee. Who do you think get sued when a employee falls down and hurts themselfs becuase they were a momentariy clutse? The employer thats who. Who takes the risk of an employee pissing off their customers? The employer.

In the NFL the owners take major finacial risks. The players take major physical risks. Finacial risk and physical risk are two differnet and seperate things. Most people taking physical risks at their jobs are compenstated for it.

Your making a general statement saying the owner doesnt do anything to earn their money. It depends on the company. Most business in the United Staes are small business, this means most of the OWNERS run the business, they wear a whole bunch of hats. I sure as hell do. Hell most owners of medium sized businesses run their business. Less so with large corperations. In their case its usually though not always a COE hired but the elected board that runs the company.
 
Then why risk going into business if some jackass is going to try to take what you earned?

Someone is already taking what you earned. Your question is a false dichotomy. We're not arguing between "have taxes" and "not have taxes."

The big discussion tax-wise is about a 3% increase on top marginal tax rates. That isn't socialism.

As far as increased health care costs, who do you think pays for the healthcare of the uninsured now? Someone goes to the ER without insurance due to an accident or major illness, they get treated, and don't pay because they can't afford it. Where's the money come from now?
 
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If you strapped on a tool belt as the owner of a contruction company then you would know, damn well, in fact that the risk an owner takes is finacial.

Of course. But the risk the guy who puts on the toolbelt takes on is to his life and limb. Risk to life and limb in a top 10 most dangerous profession is greater than financial risk, IMO.

But there's a reason why I said that the owner who actually straps on the tool belt takes on significantly more risk than his employees do. He's risking everything.


If something goes wrong even if its not the owners fault directly, guess whos on the hook, very very rarely the employee.

The employee is on the hook. A big disastrous **** up can lead to being terminated for cause. And the employee is risking their life and limb, even in cases when the employer wouldn't be on the hook. I had a friend who died on a job because a crane operator employed by another company made a huge mistake and ran his boom into some power lines.

Who do you think get sued when a employee falls down and hurts themselfs becuase they were a momentariy clutse?

If the owner doesn't have insurance, he's an idiot. In a dangerous job like construction it costs a ****ing small fortune, but it's worth every damned penny if the **** hits the fan like that.

And often a serious injury is the owners fault to some degree. It's the owners job to ensure that his employees are using the safety equipment. I fired people on the spot for not using their harnesses on roofs, for example. If someone ever fell off of a roof on my crew, I'd have blamed myself for it. Absolutely.

The employer thats who.

There are insurances, LLCs, a whole load of protections that employers have to mitigate financial losses and limit their liabilities. There's nothing that mitigates death or paralysis.

Who takes the risk of an employee pissing off their customers? The employer.

In my company, any employee who pissed off a client would either get terminated for cause (repeat offense) or I'd suspend him without pay and pay the other guys overtime to make up for his absence.

A good employer makes sure the employees know there are ramifications to their actions.

In the NFL the owners take major finacial risks.

I disagree. With profit sharing (Socialism!!!! :2razz:) the NFL owners have pretty much zero financial risk.

The players take major physical risks.

And financial. They don't get paid if they get cut due to injury.

Finacial risk and physical risk are two differnet and seperate things.

True. I place physical risk far above financial risk, myself.


Most people taking physical risks at their jobs are compenstated for it.

Not really. A lot of the most dangerous jobs pay based on production. Crab fisherman can go out, take on tremendous physical risks and come away with nothing in a bad season. If they have a good season, they make a ton of money though.

Your making a general statement saying the owner doesnt do anything to earn their money.

I didn't say that at all. I said that simply because someone owns a company, doesn't mean they actually earn their money. I didn't say anything general about owners not earning their money. I don't believe that, so I know I would not say that. Some of them don't, but many of them certainly do.

It depends on the company.

I agree 100%. I said it depends on the field with regard to the risk, but when it comes to earning their own money it absolute depends on the company, or even more importantly, the owner of the company.

Most business in the United Staes are small business, this means most of the OWNERS run the business, they wear a whole bunch of hats. I sure as hell do. Hell most owners of medium sized businesses run their business.

Absolutely. I agree with you 100% here. Small business owners who wear all of the hats work their ****ing balls off and take on a hell of a lot more risk than their employees do and earn every damned penny their earn. I did not mean to come across as though I was implying that they didn't.

Less so with large corperations. In their case its usually though not always a COE hired but the elected board that runs the company.

I agree here as well.
 
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