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Topic: Papa John’s finally gets some love
for its stance against Obamacare |
Papa John’s finally gets some love
for its stance against Obamacare
Yahoo! News, by Brendan James
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 11/16/2012 7:34:54 PM
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| On Friday, another shot was fired by conservative supporters of fast-food companies claiming to chafe under the requirements of Obamacare. Rebooting America, a small but vocal group formed after the Nov. 6 election, has designated Friday as National Papa John´s Appreciation Day. The announcement was made in support of Papa John´s CEO John Schnatter´s recent statement that the Affordable Care Act may prompt the pizza chain to raise prices and cut employees´ hours in order to keep them from qualifying for health care. Through the Twitter hashtag #IStandWithPapaJohns, the group is urging people to rush out and buy Papa John´s
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
goose, 11/16/2012 7:48:00 PM (No. 9019532)
Just got back from Papa John´s with my protest pizzas.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 11/16/2012 8:07:17 PM (No. 9019561)
We had our latest Papa John´s pizza night before last. They are in our meal rotation when the cook is done in.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Balogreene, 11/16/2012 8:58:41 PM (No. 9019614)
I belong to Papas Rewards, order online, and every once on a while get a free pizza. Our franchise also has specials, a topping for each redskins touchdown, 50% off on a Nationals or Wizards win by X number of points, etc. the franchise in Broken Arrow OK has no specials. I´m loyal to my Papa Johns, the people in Broken Arrow aren´t. Papa John tries, and is realistic. Now, I will support him more.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Janjan, 11/16/2012 9:24:48 PM (No. 9019645)
This is the tip of the iceberg. An economic tsunami is coming and there won´t be enough time or liberals to boycott them all. God Bless Papa John´s for at least being honest.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
reddfroge, 11/16/2012 10:00:30 PM (No. 9019706)
America, as a free country, is finished because of Obamcare...we are done...the taxes coming in January will destroy what is left of our economy..
If you have any assests, dump them now before Jan 2013
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JHSMom02, 11/16/2012 10:44:18 PM (No. 9019738)
I´ll be getting Papa John´s for game watching on Black Friday.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ArtieC, 11/16/2012 11:33:15 PM (No. 9019766)
We had our Friday night pizza from Papa John´s like we always do. The expected delivery time was hour and a half to two hours. Usual delivery time is about 30 minutes. Our guy made it in one hour. Pizza was hot, steaming and good. The delivery guy was smiling about how busy he was tonight.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 11/16/2012 11:58:20 PM (No. 9019783)
I support Papa John´s moves in response to Obamacare, but I am on general strike against our economy and will not be spending money on convenience foods when I can eat far less expensively at home.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
montanabound, 11/17/2012 12:08:01 AM (No. 9019795)
We enjoyed a carry-out Papa John´s pizza tonight.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Pinchem, 11/17/2012 2:29:21 AM (No. 9019901)
Wasn´t sure we had a Pappa John´s here but we do. So I will be stopping by tomorrow for a support pizza.
The one bad thing about businesses cutting hours and layoffs is that it´s going to run the unemployment rate sky high. On the other hand it´s better than a business closing.
However, I won´t feel sorry for any business closing if they are run by Union Thugs, such as Hostess.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 11/17/2012 3:57:16 AM (No. 9019935)
Doggone we can´t eat these anymore but by golly, I have friends putting in long hours getting the local food bank ready for a massively busy holiday season. We will call them and tell them to expect some great pizzas to be delivered tomorrow.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 11/17/2012 4:36:28 AM (No. 9019951)
We don´t have Papa John´s anywhere around here, but if they were, I´d have supported them on Friday.
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