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Taco Bell To Congress: Heres 6,000 Free Tacos, Now Help Us Screw Our Workers
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Looks the same going in and going out!
At first this story will seem like a Nice Time, but it is not, so stop smiling and definitely stop making plans to have a serious craving for Taco Bell when you are stoned or drunk later. Taco Bell delivered 6,000 free tacos to congressional staffers Tuesday afternoon, to thank them for being such good congressional staffers, YAY! No wait, that is not it. They delivered all the free tacos to the congressional staffers to remind them to please remember that Taco Bell has some, ahem, legislative items that theyve been lobbying for, specifically for the purposes of preventing their employees from unionizing, and also denying them employer funded healthcare, BOO!
So what happens is, before the fun part of the day, when all the congressional staffers run toward the mountain of free tacos like toddlers jumping into the balls at Chuck E. Cheese, franchise owners meet with congresscritters and their staff, to drop little suggestions in their ears about whatevers on their minds. Two franchise owners told California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham they were REALLY worried that they would have to give too many people healthcare under the ACA, due to confusion over the definition of full-time employee. And House Republicans have been trying SO HARD to help them, passing in January a bill clarifying that full-time under Obamacare means at least 40 hours. But of course, the Senate hasnt done anything with the bill, and tyrant Obama will probably veto it if they do. Guess theyre gonna have bring more tacos next time.
Some franchise owners are also very worried that their healthcare-free workers could get uppity and decide to unionize, which is NOT ALLOWED, because then they might demand healthcare! And higher wages! Taco Bell franchise owners say no way, Jose. At issue is a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board that stated that McDonalds was a joint employer of both franchisees and workers, which could make corporations like Taco Bell, which operates in a similar fashion, responsible for the shitty workers rights-violating behavior of their franchisees. And then the unions could come in, make all hell break loose, and create a slippery slope that would kill Taco Bell jobs forever. And then what would potheads do for food?
And what would congressional staffers do for Taco Day, which everybody in Washington is always SO excited about, when the Taco Bell franchisees stop by to personally give them the shits:
Its been going on for quite a few years now, it is infamous. Everybody looks forward to it from year to year. Its a free for all, said Joye Smith, a franchisee from Northern California. This is how we want to say thank you for all that you do for us, she added, noting that some congressional staffers bring boxes down to haul more tacos back to the office.
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tularetom
(23,664 posts)A little laxative powder in the mystery meat and nature gets a helping hand. A bit more powder and I could guarantee that the stench from the congressional crappers would be detectable as far away as New York.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)It's a joke Einstein.
niyad
(113,550 posts)shades of the pie scene in "the help"
phil89
(1,043 posts)Grow up
tularetom
(23,664 posts)niyad
(113,550 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)It doesn't need any help to work it's way through the digestive system...
Get the runs at the border...
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)Montezuma ain't got nuttin' on a pissed-off, shit-on fast food worker.
msongs
(67,440 posts)craigmatic
(4,510 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Taco Casa beats both.
ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)Now we know just how cheap those cheap whores are.
Midnight Writer
(21,795 posts)The staffers write the legislation, advise (control) the Pol, and are cheaper to buy.
The Pol is like the lead singer in a popular band. They don't write the music, they don't play the music, they don't produce the music, hell, half the time they don't even sing the music. They just stand out front, look good, act smooth, dance around and attract attention.