Pizza politics
The founder of Papa John's vows to raise his pizza prices to protest ObamaCare — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
By The Week Staff | August 8, 2012
Politics in pizza
Facebook/Papa John's Pizza
"Papa" John Schnatter, the CEO of Papa John's pizza and a major Romney donor, threatened to raise the price of his pizzas if ObamaCare isn't repealed. If forced to insure his workers, he says, he'll need to pass on the cost to consumers to protect his shareholders' interests — an increasingly common threat among conservative business owners who oppose the Affordable Care Act. Still, Schnatter is only forecasting a price hike of 11 to 14 cents — hardly a "pizzapocalypse."
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