Boycott Stupid. It's Just A Thought, But Give It Some Thought

"Papa John" is going to add money to your pizza, and lay off employees, cut back the hours of other employees, because, "Obamacare" is going to require that he provide health insurance to his employees.

But he can give away TWO MILLION pizza's, average cost, $10 each in an NFL promotion.

There is a guy named Metz who owns a bunch of Denny's franchises.  Starting in 2014, he's going to add a 5% surcharge to your bill, and he wants you to decide if you want to pay it or tip your waitress 5% LESS to cover the cost of her health insurance that he's going to have to provide.

When I was a kid, your dad (mostly, I'm sure mom's too.  But I have to write the truth as I know it, and my mom didn't work until she had too when I was a teenager) went to work, and your employer paid for your health insurance and promised you a pension, or at least a retirement plan.  So that at some point, you could retire and enjoy the benefits of the Social Security and Medicare you worked your whole life for.

Papa John, and, Mr. Metz are the lowest form of robber baron.  They exploit uneducated, unskilled labor to make billions of dollars, and when asked to take care of their employees like it used to work in this country?  They join the nut job, Bob Murray who's losing money cause coal can't compete with natural gas, and talk about punishing the workers.  In Murray's case?  Flat out laying them off.

What the hell, Bob?  Killing them in coal mine collapses cause you are trying to get every last ounce of coal out of the mountain even though what's left won't hold up the roof isn't enough for you?  I mean, after all.  Bracing to hold up the roof, and equipment are EXPENSIVE!  You lose THAT shit in a mine cave in, you never get it back.  Poor people in rural areas?  A dime a dozen.  Kill ten or twelve of them?  Didn't cost you a cent.

These people are the reason we NEED, Obamacare!  As a matter of fact, they are a perfect example of why we need a national health care plan that all but puts commercial health insurance providers out of business!  It works in every other industrialized country in the world.  It could work here.

And it also should lead to a revitalization of the Labor Movement in this country.  You remember the Labor Movement if you're over 50.  The people who brought you the weekend.  And put an end to company stores.

So, here's my thought on how to have an impact on this kind of exploitation.  Boycott them.

Yeah, I know, there are a lot of folks out there who couldn't make it without the prices they get at Walmart.  I feel your pain, but I understand your situation.

But if you want a pizza?  DON'T buy it from Papa John's (their pizza sucks anyway).  Boycott ALL the Denny's and see how fast the other franchisees put pressure on Metz to shut the fuck up, already!

Find out who you are buying things from that already offer their employees health care coverage, and support them.  I have a friend who works for a Larry Miller dealership and doesn't get health care coverage.  But is wife works for, Smith's and does.

Well, I'll never buy a car from Miller since he sold my Golden Eagles down the road, but his not offering his employees health care just makes that decision that much easier.

I will shop at Smith's.

So let's start here.  Start small, and make a difference.  I don't know if, Pizza Hut offers health care to their employees.  But if enough people start to ask?  They might.  Gotta start somewhere.

Let's just say that I would rather see Papa John's and CIGNA go out of business, than, The Italian Village, and all the other, local, small business' that Mitt Romney and all the other, "Job Creators" (what a bullshit concept!) claim are the backbone of this country.

Just something to think about.