Message #1886

[wbcoleman]

LOLz!

The first thing the mathematician said was that because most of Papa John's operations are franchises under 5,000 employees, they're exempt from Obamacare in the first place, and that means that the math doesn't matter, including whatever fuzzy math Papa John's founder used...in short, the founder is lying.

But they are subject once they have FIFTY employees, and how do you expect the owner of a company with, say, 45 employees to respond?

You and the mathematician may feel that franchisees won't be affected, but the International Francise Association disagrees:

High Court Ruling Puts Jobs at Franchise Businesses at Risk

http://www.franchise.org/Franchise-News-Detail.aspx?id=57395

For immediate release
Contact:
Alisa Harrison, 202-628-8000
Matthew Haller, 202-662-0770
aharrison@franchise.org
mhaller@franchise.org
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WASHINGTON, June 28-International Franchise Association President & CEO Steve Caldeira released the below statement following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision in the Affordable Care Act.

"We are deeply disappointed by the High Court ruling to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which places undue burdens on the franchise small business community. While it may have been ruled constitutional, the law is unworkable, unaffordable and wrong for our country's small business owners who continue to struggle in a still sluggish economic climate. By upholding the law, 3.2 million jobs at franchise businesses continue to be put at risk due to the employer mandate provision, thereby discouraging and disincentivizing the creation of new jobs and business expansion.

"The Affordable Care Act, and specifically the employer mandate, does not provide solutions to the cost and access issues it set out to address, but rather hurts the employees it aims to assist. IFA will continue to work with Congress to fully repeal the law and start over with a health care reform effort that enacts reforms that provide access to care at an affordable cost for franchise small businesses and their employees."