Boycott McDonalds? Lemme think about this. McDonalds applied for and received a waiver. A waiver from a hated piece of legislation. Everybody wants a waiver from this legislation. Is the waiver forever? What if McD’s splits into several companies? Is the waiver transferable? Since the government granted the waiver, the government can rescind the waiver pretty much at whim. It is the government, after all. So, how to evaluate McD’s position as a viable company?
Why was Mickey D’s granted a waiver? Who knows. Graft and corruption probably.
Don’t we send a mixed message if we boycott a business that got a waiver that everyone covets? After all the health care plan is universally hated. Doctors hate it, employers hate it. Those who would protect life hate it. Wouldn’t a boycott instead encourage McD’s to succumb to the legislation in order to stop the boycott? We don’t want to cut off our nose to spite our face.
Now, comes another issue. An equal protection of the laws constitutional issue. How can Congress pass a law and only apply to some and not all equally placed persons? IT CAN’T. The waivers are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The law has to be applied to all or none.
Back in he 60’s Ted Kennedy started the US down this medical insurance path by linking employment to health insurance, requiring full time employers to supply health insurance as part of the package. So now, no one will hire anyone except as contract labor or part time.
And Bambi wonders why the job market is terrible. It is directly related to the Bambi health care plan. WHY CAN’T PEOPLE SEE THIS?