Metz beat down by a professional businessman, the CEO: "Don't expect to hear more about an Obamacare surcharge from Denny's franchisee John Metz. "Denny's chief executive John Miller privately reached out to Metz to express his "disappointment" with the Florida franchisee's controversial statements about Obamacare, which sparked a wave of backlash for the national restaurant chain over the past few days. Metz released a statement Monday night expressing "regret" over his statements. "We recognize his right to speak on issues, but registered our disappointment that his comments have been interpreted as the companyâs position," Miller said in an email to The Huffington Post. "Miller is rushing to put out the fire sparked by Metz's controversial proposal to charge restaurant customers a 5 percent Obamacare fee. "Customers have two choices: They can either pay it and tip 15 or 20 percent, or if they really feel so inclined, they can reduce the amount of tip they give to the server," Metz told HuffPost in an interview last week. "Some Denny's franchisees have since dealt with angry customers, calls for a boycott and declining sales. A spokeswoman for Metz said he will not conduct more interviews." Article... As Yannis would say:
It's a good idea. Let everyone know every time they purchase something that they voted for more taxes and higher prices with government controlled health care.
Denneys in Massachusetts was able to handle the romneycare surcharge so the rest of them should be fine
I wonder if that 3.8% investment tax will even cover the lost revenue from employers cutting their employees hours.
its a bluff. employers dont cut employees hours if they have the business to service. if they dont have the business they will cut hours no matter what.
No, employers will cut employees hours if they can cut overall cost and get the same production. They'll find someone else to work 12 hours a week to avoid the Obamacare cost. In this economy, employees do not have the upper hand in negotiations. Denny's will fire one employee and hire 2 part time employees if they want.
A 40 hr a week employee will probably not qualify for gov't programs. A 29 1/2 hr employee will. If your co cuts back everyone (or many) to part time. voila, ebt cards, heap and a host of other benes. dumb idea... overall.
dennies is going to go through the trouble of dealing with 2 employees instead of one to save less than $1 per hour and screw their employee out of a benefit that will make him a better more loyal employee?
They said it would cost $5000/employee so it's over $2 an hour. So this is like a 100% wage increase for servers.
the penalty for doing nothing is like less than 2000 per year. that is what they will do. So, basically, you're looking at penalties of approximately the following at the following income levels: Less than $9,500 income = $0 $9,500 - $37,000 income = $695 $50,000 income = $1,000 $75,000 income = $1,600 $100,000 income = $2,250 $125,000 income = $2,900 $150,000 income = $3,500 $175,000 income = $4,100 $200,000 income = $4,700 Over $200,000 = The cost of a "bronze" health-insurance plan