As Twitchy reported, an Omaha, Neb., Wendy’s franchise is reducing employee work hours in order to reduce the cost of complying with Obamacare. ThinkProgress ominously suggested that Wendy’s would “learn the hard way” if it tangles with Obamacare. “Castle” star and noted political pundit Nathan Fillion is more than happy to help crack the whip — as are some other illustrious folks:
Assholes: Wendy’s Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare http://t.co/7KXjZEci via @zite
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) January 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/288595520253984768
Way to elevate the discourse, there.
What they’ve all neglected to mention, though, is that the ThinkProgress article was only referring to a specific franchise and not the entire Wendy’s corporation. Many of their followers helpfully pointed that out:
@NathanFillion You DO realize it was one franchisee, right? Not the whole chain?
— Chris Glass (@TheChrisGlass) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion Eeek…. that was ONE franchise owner (Not the entire chain of Wendy's)! http://t.co/b1MP2hMg
— Liz Mangum (@lizardrebel) January 8, 2013
@nathanfillion You do understand that's just one/some locally-owned/ran Wendy's and not the Wendy's corporation as a whole, right?
— Shane Milton ☁️ (@Jaxidian) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion I agree it sucks, but it's just one franchise owner doing it, not the whole chain. No need to boycott them all.
— Sarah Ann Nelson (@KayleeTonks) January 8, 2013
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage Note that it's a franchisee, not corporate. Wendy's has previously smacked down similar franchisees
— Drew Starr (@TheDrewStarr) January 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/MattOlenik/status/288724661682991104
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage Not all Wendy's, not the corporation, article mentions one franchisee.
— Michael Blane (@mjblane) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion Erm, you realize that they're talking about a single (large) Wendy's franchisee in Nebraska, right?
— netbard (@netbard) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion That's not *all* Wendys. Just a single Franchise in Omaha.
— Ash Matheson (@nuclearfossil) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion OK, but it's just that particular franchise owner. Wendy's can't control what he does.
— TerryHasAnOpinon (@Terrysagirl) January 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/TaraZM/status/288724419227054080
Well, facts are hard. And who would they actually be targeting with a boycott?
@NathanFillion it's just that one Wendy's, not all of them…& boycotting hurts the people, not the corporation!
— Hina Ansari (@orangeyHina) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion By boycotting them all you’re doing is harming the employees. It’s a dumb thing to do.
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion Why boycott? Because you want MORE of their employees to get laid off? #StrangeLogic
— Harry Gato (@harrygato) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion If everyone boycotted Wendy's, wouldn't more people's hours get cut?
— Nigel Blackwood (@NigelBlackwood) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion Why because they are trying to stay afloat? Now you won't go to Wendy's and you'll put more people out of a job, not helping!
— ??TRUMP2020?? (@JustZandMe) January 8, 2013
No, but at least it’ll feel good, right?
What these useful idiots also fail to realize is that this franchisee and countless other business owners aren’t slashing workers’ hours out of sadistic cruelty; Obamacare has effectively tied their hands.
@SarahKSilverman You may not like that, but it's what businesses are going to do. It's economic reality that many knew was inevitable.
— Michael McClure (@ProfessionalOne) January 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/APucciarelli13/status/288724270467670016
@NathanFillion obamacare is too expensive for small businesses. It’s been proven over and over. It’s either cut hours or go out of business.
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 8, 2013
Exactly.
@NathanFillion Good luck with that, why not boycott a ridiculous health care system?
— Josh (@joshisscifi) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion So, the problem is automatically with the employer? Not the law?
— James (@TheCrazyPlayer) January 8, 2013
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage blame obama, not wendy's…obamacare kills small business (wendy's are individually owned franchises)
— Tyder (@MattyD411) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion it's not the fault of Wendy's, it's stupid Obamacare.
— Erik Weech (@Squirreljester) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion If you really cared about the employees you’d call for a repeal of obamacare. Small business everywhere are cutting back
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion I think you should break up w/ Obama instead.
— Mark Wickens (@mwickens) January 8, 2013
@NathanFillion I wish I was free to break up with ObamaCare
— Chris McKenzie (@ISuperGeek) January 8, 2013
So do we.
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