The Blue Board

ok, that was your choice, id assume you secured private ins. prior to it being optionall did you receive health insurance through your employer?

I was a student and pretty sure I was covered by the university. Never really had to use the health services center so it didn't really come up.

CEOs answer to the shareholders so yes they have to make money or they get fired.

People who voted for Obama should come meet my family. My wife is fixing to get layed off. We're thrilled with the future decrease of income.!

oh, so youre relatively young? im not being a jerk, knowing this, my view of your ideaology has changed. im not being a jerk, do you currently live in a place where you arent solely responsible for the rent or mortgage?

The problem is, IMO, that they answer to the stakeholders first and the consumers and employees second. Now, before you start laughing at me and getting up in arms, I think a company should look after their customers and their employees first and foremost and, as a result, their stakeholders will be taken care of. Satisfied customers lead to more buyers and happy employees lead to more productivity, which results in paying off stakeholders. However, I feel when companies go first and foremost to their stakeholders, product quality and working conditions can get lowered in the quest for more profit, and thus only the stakeholders are truly satisfied. Why satisfy only one group when you could all 3?

so you pay 10% rent, utilities, water and have joined a private HC provider?

Great rational response. The human element is gone. They just play it with this staged undercover boss CBS crap show.

Barold, im sorry to hear about your situation, its far toio present in our society. i hope things turn for the better soon. until then i hope social programs are able to assist you.

Didn't we all know this was going to happen when extra costs were placed on businesses?

They have to pay more so they either raise prices or cut other costs...or both.

Why are we acting mad/surprised that businesses are doing this? Didn't we see it coming?

How humane of you.

First and foremost, jobs in the food industry are a dime a dozen, so I doubt any of these folks will have trouble finding full time employment elsewhere. Secondly, 80% of Papa Johns are franchised, so I think it's safe to say that his restaurants are hardly the bread and butter of his business. Third, according to forbes, the .10-14 cent increase more than offsets the "cost" of the ACA. He's well within his right to cut hours and lay folks off, but that's not a requirement of the ACA, that's his choice. It's disingenuous to suggest otherwise.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2012/11/12/breaking-down-centi-millionaire-papa-john-schnatters-obamacare-math/

Why don't they?