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dballance

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95. So I'm supposed to be upset it might cost me less than a quarter per order to provide care
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:23 PM
Aug 2012

for people???? If you are such a Christian business person John then perhaps you should reflect on just how petty that is.

Papa John used to go to the same church as my sister and husband do in Louisville, KY. Last I looked they were building a new mega church I rudely called the "Baptist Mall." Not sure if he still goes there.

It had all those things Jesus was for like the gym and basketball courts. The pool and the ping-pong tables and a gift shop and holy cafe. Apparently someone realized the "message" they were selling about God and Jesus needed a little more marketing umph to keep people filing into their "place of worship" and drop dollars in the plate as it is passed around.

Instead of building a mega-church/mall perhaps using those funds to help out the poor, the homeless, the down-trodden might have been in order?

I will happily pay an extra quarter per order to any business in order for them to provide health care to their workers. Too bad Pappa John thinks it's a penalty.

guess where i will never eat again..... robinlynne Aug 2012 #1
Yep. Kingofalldems Aug 2012 #31
We cut down ordering from them a out 3 - 4 years ago after they added their cstanleytech Aug 2012 #72
Oh good. Let us start another boycott that will also FAIL and prompt unprecedented media attention. Purveyor Aug 2012 #2
Yeah, but still. I'm not eating there either. Mostly because the pizza sucks. But this too. Squinch Aug 2012 #27
The pont is not to try to put them out of business. The point is .. BlueStreak Aug 2012 #48
Pizza Hut is terrible, I used to work there years ago Bjorn Against Aug 2012 #66
yeah...you yanks can take Pizza Hut back. canuckledragger Aug 2012 #71
Bingo. Well said. indie9197 Aug 2012 #77
Heck I'll pay .15 cents if some working people have access to health care... WCGreen Aug 2012 #3
There's no guarantee of that atreides1 Aug 2012 #12
Well, if they made a better pizza. WCGreen Aug 2012 #54
Me too. I can't believe PJ's was cheap enough to not offer insurance. This says a lot about The Wielding Truth Aug 2012 #13
Me too. Flatpicker Aug 2012 #65
If it really was to cover health care for the employees, I wouldn't mind. liberal N proud Aug 2012 #4
for 20 cents it's worth it azurnoir Aug 2012 #5
So what? I have no doubt prices went up when we started NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #6
And who wants to be subjected to that shit they call pizza anyway? kysrsoze Aug 2012 #69
Well bluestateguy Aug 2012 #7
Well if that's the case...I'm done with his company. atreides1 Aug 2012 #8
Papa John's = World's worst pizza. speedoo Aug 2012 #9
Second-worst, actually Scootaloo Aug 2012 #18
I will add pizza ranch, who is replacing GF across the midwest Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #33
And Domino's is all "Pro-Coat Hanger". 12AngryBorneoWildmen Aug 2012 #43
Plus their pizza sucks! Freddie Aug 2012 #87
I have no problem paying 15-20¢ extra... Wait Wut Aug 2012 #10
Exactly! And, he's a Cha Aug 2012 #37
15 cents per pizza and that requires a blame Obamacare announcement? BeyondGeography Aug 2012 #11
OK? So? And? Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #14
If I was near a Papa John's I would go down and buy one riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #15
I'll eat at my local joint n2doc Aug 2012 #16
Our Local Pizza warrprayer Aug 2012 #26
I quit eating chain store pizza a long time ago. zeemike Aug 2012 #36
Thanks for letting me know, Mr. Snatcher. There are plenty of other places to buy pizza that DON'T TrollBuster9090 Aug 2012 #17
LOL! That's what I like..a good Cha Aug 2012 #45
Even if this is true it's moronic Major Nikon Aug 2012 #19
Didn't Papa host a major Romney fundraiser Beowulf Aug 2012 #20
They currently provide no health care at all to nearly all of their employees. mn9driver Aug 2012 #21
Yep. It's a fast food joint. How many fast food workers get benefits at all? onehandle Aug 2012 #23
There is no requirement Freddie Aug 2012 #90
Bullpucky! KamaAina Aug 2012 #22
I already don't order from them. geardaddy Aug 2012 #24
Another product warrprayer Aug 2012 #25
So would they drop the price by a buck if MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #28
It is a point well taken. And we need to talk about the bigger picture BlueStreak Aug 2012 #55
But realistic, practical, Third Way Democrats know that MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #62
Between 2000-2008, the price of pizza increased by a several dollars Blue Owl Aug 2012 #29
This is what's wrong with us Dash87 Aug 2012 #30
well then..... dhill926 Aug 2012 #32
Of course this is a trick---probably coordinated with repug headquarters Kingofalldems Aug 2012 #34
Who cares what they do? BlueNAlabama Aug 2012 #35
John Schnatter is one of Mitten's buddies. Lugnut Aug 2012 #38
Screw CEOs like John Schnatter and their assembly-line tastless food Auggie Aug 2012 #39
BTW, apparently there is a HUGE markup as Kingofalldems Aug 2012 #40
their pizza is nasty, anyways... SemperEadem Aug 2012 #41
Bad sauce.... Pauldg47 Aug 2012 #53
Cheapest institutional size cans of crap they could find... ElboRuum Aug 2012 #93
Oh boo-hoo. So I'll pay an extra 20 cents so employees can have healthcare LynneSin Aug 2012 #42
I could care less. I never order from Papa John's. n/t RebelOne Aug 2012 #44
So what? This shithead is charging more for pizza because of his massive contributions to mittens truthisfreedom Aug 2012 #46
I would happily pay 20 cents more so that the minimum wage employees can have health care MNBrewer Aug 2012 #47
Well Now - That Ought To Make Papa Johns Competitive......nt global1 Aug 2012 #49
Won't small business benefit from Obama care? Pauldg47 Aug 2012 #50
BS friggin talk. kenfrequed Aug 2012 #51
Schnatter's a partisan hack. 15-cents per pie is nothing SpankMe Aug 2012 #52
Here is a picture of John Schnatter's home Bjorn Against Aug 2012 #68
Hey jackass - not that I will ever order your pizza again, but dbackjon Aug 2012 #56
Maybe their pizza sucks The Wizard Aug 2012 #57
That is a nasty visual Kyad06 Aug 2012 #80
One less family. Panasonic Aug 2012 #58
I wouldn't buy his pizza for half the price: rvt1000rr Aug 2012 #59
No Vietnameravet Aug 2012 #60
Doesn't the ACA ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #61
Dog whistle! SoapBox Aug 2012 #63
Less money off the taxpayers, then. They never bring up they're being subsidized like Walmart. freshwest Aug 2012 #64
What a liar. n/t Ian David Aug 2012 #67
was 20 cents an order worth whining about 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #70
I've always thought it is scary greymattermom Aug 2012 #73
Who ordered whine with the pizza? Deb Aug 2012 #74
Yet they, American businesses, have to provide health care in countries outside the United States. part man all 86 Aug 2012 #75
Shut up Papa John billky Aug 2012 #76
So WTF? national chain pizzas suck anyway. DinahMoeHum Aug 2012 #78
Like I'll pay that kind of money for their tomato paste and cheese covered cardboard again. Initech Aug 2012 #79
No Problem... titanicdave Aug 2012 #81
Wow. I might shed a tear for the employees who lose their jobs... ElboRuum Aug 2012 #82
uhm,the elephant in the room..... pepperbear Aug 2012 #83
So what do you suggest? ElboRuum Aug 2012 #88
uh no....I was saying it's alway obama's fault to them... pepperbear Aug 2012 #96
If thats all it would cost him he is an idiot for not offering Health Insurance sooner leftylauren Aug 2012 #84
Anything to try and disparage Obamacare - Smilo Aug 2012 #85
So the $9.99 pizza special will become the $10.13 special? obxhead Aug 2012 #86
Is he the pizza guy who founded a complete asjr Aug 2012 #89
That's the Dominoes guy. n/t tammywammy Aug 2012 #91
Tough Shit .................. SILVER__FOX52 Aug 2012 #92
That's fine I don't eat Papa John's, or Dominos for that matter. 4lbs Aug 2012 #94
So I'm supposed to be upset it might cost me less than a quarter per order to provide care dballance Aug 2012 #95
One more fattening place mzmolly Aug 2012 #97
Fortunately, my town has Dominoes, Pizza Hut, and Papa Murphy's (and Papa John's) LibGranny Aug 2012 #98
Locking REP Aug 2012 #99
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