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Papa John's sets record straight on Obamacare stance
11/21/2012 - tinyurl.com/b44n2ej

Papa John's founder John Schnatter has written an article for the Huffington Post in which he clarified his company's stance on health care for its employees:

"Reading what has been written about statements I made on the effect of the Affordable Care Act on our franchisees reminds me of a quote from Lewis H. Lapham, former editor of Harper's magazine: 'People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.'

Many in the media reported that I said Papa John's is going to close stores and cut jobs because of Obamacare. I never said that. The fact is we are going to open over hundreds of stores this year and next and increase employment by over 5,000 jobs worldwide. And, we have no plans to cut team hours as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Clearly there was some misunderstanding somewhere. The remarks that generated the headlines were made during an entrepreneur class I was asked to speak to at a Florida college. I was asked to share my experience as an entrepreneur and to provide the students with real-life small business situations. Unbeknownst to me, until she identified herself, a reporter was there."

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