First, IMO this charge will grow over time. Who thinks it will be static and remain at 1%? This is the proverbial slippery slope.
Second, Obamacare is increasing medical care and device costs, raising premiums for many people (including my own sons), damanging the economy through reduced employment, and is causing doctors to retire (mine already did). I think that we need to do whatever we can, regardless of how small, to resist the onslaught of new charges, fees or taxes. Whatever you want to call them. To do otherwise is to be passive in the face of ever expanding government control.
This charge is not a charge by the gov’t added to the bill but rather by the restaurant owner in order to recouperate the additional costs he is incurring due to 0care. You buy your food elsewhere, but you will be hard pressed to escape the additional costs that 0care is adding to EVERYTHING. Most places are just raising their prices, as another post pointed out, at least this restaurant is being honest about it.
Okay, thanks for the reply. I see this in a completely different way. I see this fighting government expansion. Assuming that the business owner’s costs increase, he has a few options. One, fold that cost into the price of menu items, and help hide the cost, or break it out and let people see what they’re voting for.
Or if he is some kind of benevolent weirdo he can absorb the cost and reduce his own revenue. If he were to do that, it would mean to admit he had been over charging all along. I suppose he could also make portion sizes smaller, which is how a lot of companies maintain a price point in the face of rising costs.