Papa John's Pizza Obamacare Hypocrisy- Page 11

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 7:24am

Posted: 11/13/12 at 9:59am

Hey, congratulations on making all that possible JG! You ENABLED that co-worker to rip off the system, depriving someone in need from getting help. Way to go!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 10:23am

I think easy cut-and-dried solutions to problems like the one you just proposed Joe also don't take into account the messiness of the real world.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 10:24am

You hit the nail right on the head, PalJoey. I am not going to argue about some of this stuff, but sometimes how people get some of this stuff is not what you think. The animal shelter I work with does huge garage sales twice a year. We get donations from the community. You would not believe some of the clothing we get. I've seen brand new items with tags still on them, designer clothes, leather jackets, etc... We don't sell anything really expensive because we know nobody would buy it then. But yes, I got a new pair of Adidas sneakers for a quarter that way and a jacket that probably cost like $50 or more for $1.

Also, some agencies in my area collect used cell phones as well. They give them out to clients, if they need them. You also are getting like Tracfone and other companies that have pay as you go phones that are like smart phones.

So there you go. Not everyone abuses the system. And there are many plausible ways of getting stuff without paying full retail price.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 10:49am

Marianne, complexities are where the "just..." solutions collapse. Didn't you know anybody on food stamps who has a cellphone was personally handed it to them by President Obama who also gave them 100 bucks and told them to get themselves something nice.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 11:07am

Life is no deeper than appearances. Duh.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 11:08am

"Reallllllly makes you think." -- Bart Simpson

Posted: 11/13/12 at 11:19am

Do I need to explain the "Obamaphone" myth? In 1984, congress created a program to provide phone service to people in need. As I said above, you need a phone to connect with benefits, to get called by prospective employers, heck, to get a call from school if your kid takes ill. Starting in 1996 this program was expanded to include cell phone providers.

In January of 2012 the program was overhauled; now, cell phone companies are assessed a "Universal Service Fee" that funds the program. Some companies chose to pass this on to their customers (Check your bill for USF charges) and some merely contribute from their general revenues. The USF covers all expenses and NO tax dollars are spent to provide phones with a goal of "Universal Access" to phone service.

The gas company in my area has a similar program- you can choose to add $1 a month to your bill to pay into a fund that provides service to people who otherwise could not afford it.

Updated On: 11/13/12 at 11:19 AM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:33pm

But,but,but they still buy junk food with those food stamps!

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:41pm

Are you trying to say poor people are entitled to heat Joe??

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:45pm

And then they use ALL the money they save to buy the nicest cars and iPhones and label clothing!

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:46pm

Abby seems to have fallen quiet? Ran away with her tail between her legs I presume?

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:48pm

Well, she does have grocery shoppers to spy on, food banks to volunteer at, franchise owners to interview (in between their two jobs), and a job to not go to.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:51pm

Oh, and the fact that its usually the times High School is in session she doesn't post is irrelevant haha

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 12:52pm

I heard of a welfare queen once who was seen in the checkout line with a birthday sheet cake...a birthday sheet cake! Apparently she felt she could feed all the neighbors' kids with my money. Outrageous!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:21pm

I was very surprised that once abortion came up, Abby didn't have stories of the "lots" of women she knows who have had multiple abortions and use abortions as birth control.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:33pm

Yeah. No stories of her standing in abortion clinic waiting rooms, watching everyone?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:38pm

"They drove to the abortion clinics in expensive cars, wearing name brand clothes, eating junk food while talking on their nice cell phones! The nerve!"

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:44pm

And don't forget the second they walked out of there they were looking to get knocked up again so they could come back.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:54pm

Nothing to see here. Keep on moving. My brain fell out momentarily. Damn interwebs.

Updated On: 11/13/12 at 01:54 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 1:56pm

He was being ironic.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 2:17pm

And don't forget the second they walked out of there they were looking to get knocked up again so they could come back.

Not to mention all the women getting abortions who aren't even pregnant!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 2:25pm

Hmmmmmmm maybe a Privatized Abortion Clinic Franchise is a way to go!

Baby-Go-Bye-Bye

Maybe Abby's friends will want in.

[AbbyNormal13]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 3:35pm

"Abby seems to have fallen quiet? Ran away with her tail between her legs I presume?"

I do have a life outside of this site unlike most of you. I'm sorry I don't spend 24/7 constantly checking to see what people who don't have much going on upstairs are saying about me.

I just don't know how you people don't see how obamacare is going to have a negative effect on almost everyone. My boyfriend's dad is a dentist in southern California and has 2 successful. practices, and now that obama has been elected he's going to have to fire some of his employees because his taxes are going to increase tremendously. He created his businesses from nothing, he didn't inherit it.
You will see the unemployment rate go up the next couple of years, and will you still be blaming it on bush? You can only do that for so long. At some point obama has to take responsibility.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/12 at 3:48pm

I love when people in the helping professions don't think people should get insurance benefits.