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Rebooting America Founder Justin Charters on the controversy surrounding the company’s response to possible increased health-care prices.
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Johns is I don't know politically correct because it.
-- CEO -- out at the president and healthcare plan that it thought was damaging to business and does damaging period.
Well think again there's a backlash on the back last that the company.
Is experiencing.
For going on a limb like that -- America -- Adjusted charters leading that effort possible it's about.
Basically what it's about it's it's -- more then you know fourteen cents in pizza.
It's about sending out for a business owner of that was bold enough to tell investors and the American people.
That Obama care what -- profits.
And he was really Telerate for that I mean he he was a big a personal statement against the president was to say look this health -- they never they -- -- do it.
It is -- across quite literally a lot of dollar and -- they let him have that and it was like every friend of the president every.
Some of -- every Democrat in -- country.
Avoided Papa John's.
How big do you think it got it and and what -- what are you doing now.
To bring the business back hurricane.
What you know I think did it you know it did spread like wildfire when the the left -- call for a boycott they have this thing that they like to do you know.
-- I don't agree with it boycott it.
We you know Obama is not my favorite president and the CEO of DreamWorks is one of his biggest donors but you don't see me not watching DreamWorks movies because of it.
And it's not just an iPod and -- -- at this point that's a very very good point to continued.
And you know is that is that and thank you I appreciate that -- it's.
It's not just about Papa John's this is bigger than Papa -- you know other companies have come under the same type of scrutiny.
You know there's all of garden in addition see -- red lobster I mean.
-- employers list a mall because that enable all.
Made adjustments -- promise to make adjustments it either.
There hourly workers the number of them how many hours alerts to get around these are costs as they're -- stopped -- -- red lobster and it.
Do we stop going -- all these was.
Right and it's it's like do we do we take although the companies that has donated large amounts of money so Obama and just stop going to those companies so.
It does it doesn't make any sense.
And you know also what we're doing is I'm sorry I don't know won't you draw the line on -- Barbara Streisand concert don't.
I'd I probably would draw the line on a Barbara Streisand concert -- -- you know very gets.
But I -- -- you know it is going did I was speaking to go ahead of you coming on doesn't that we might think it's wise I hope we don't.
But a lot of CEOs might big -- sticking your neck out.
Because.
It's what -- not to like to see you know it's what they about the like his company when he doesn't.
But from -- -- all these other businesses when we go after them and try to economically make them suffer.
-- there opinions man.
You know that's -- good.
Yet doesn't it doesn't do anything positive for the economy.
And you know -- one thing we want to you know take notice here you know one of the things that.
The left likes the post as far as rhetoric and you saw with the election you know Mitt Romney -- the poor conservatives say the poorer.
If you check out our ban on FaceBook you know national Papa John's appreciation day you can see.
That we are specifically abdicating.
If you're in a financial position to do sell.
You know -- -- pizza for -- homeless person someone who's down their locker who's you know out of work.
You know as conservatives we don't believe in redistributing the wealth we believe that charity should come from the citizens of the community and not the government.
Well -- just to charters.
Thank you very very much very good see you would think about the power we're giving.
A lot of folks who can economically penalize them for just expressing their up.
Economic point of view I was for an interest in the political.
Persuasion here one way the other but the left seems to resented the rights.
Political stubbornness.
And inflexibility.
And intolerance.
On a host of issues.
But he Covance.
And it.
