Burger King Backlash Begins.......

The Burger King Backlash begins. 

Yay!!!!!!

“By Monday afternoon, Burger King's Facebook page had more than 1,000 mostly negative comments about the deal”. 

(Those 1000 negative comments didn’t count my negative Facebook post…so really it should be 1001 negative comments.)

“Customer Gabe Givens wrote on Burger King's Facebook page: 'If you attempt to buy Tim Hortons for the purposes of evading US taxes, I will NEVER step foot in another Burger King again. Don't do it.”

(That is the spirit Gabe….Good for you. Tell Burger King to drop dead. Take your Whoppers and shove em. Oh and take down the American flag in front of your restaurants…..You don’t mean it, and it is insulting to see it flying there. A lot of people died for that flag, and to see it on your properties is insulting. The American flag represents real Americans and you no longer qualify.

(So Me and Gabe will be sitting over at Mcdonalds enjoying an all American meal and discussing how great our country will be once Burger King is out of the way.)

"A message from Mike Gee carried a similar sentiment. He said: 'Move to Canada to avoid paying taxes and I will never darken the door of a Burger King again. Does corporate greed in this country ever end? Shame!'

(I don’t know what “Darken the door” means but sounds good. If it means Burger King no longer gets any American money, than I support it)

Zach Bernstein added his disapproving voice to the debate. He wrote: 'I don't patronize corporations that engage in tax inversions, so if you do take that route, count me among the many Americans who will never enter one of your stores again.' (Me too….Count me too)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2734398/Will-way-Burger-King-face-boycott-plans-avoid-taxes-Canada.html

Congress is taking notice too. Even though Congress allows this to happen in the first place. They could easily stop this anti American activity if they chose. $10.00 tarrif on all Whoppers would make the point nicely. Unfortunately Congress is a fraud, and besides the yelling and screaming there isn’t much value to anything they do. But I support Sherrod Browns effort to snub Burger King.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/26/ohio-sen-sherrod-brown-calls-for-burger-king-boycott-over-mooted-tim-hortons/

"Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, released a statement Monday calling on consumers to boycott the home of the Whopper after Burger King announced late Sunday"

"Burger King’s decision to abandon the United States means consumers should turn to Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers or White Castle sliders," Brown said. "Burger King has always said 'Have it Your Way'; well my way is to support two Ohio companies that haven’t abandoned their country or customers." Wendy's is based in Dublin, Ohio, while White Castle is headquartered in Columbus."

"White House spokesman Josh Earnest wouldn't comment on Burger King's announcement on Monday (why not?), but said the president generally believes it's unfair for companies to pursue a tax inversion merely to pay less in taxes."

(President Obama needs a spine. He should have said “Burger King is Anti American. They should take all of their restaurants to Canada and keep them there”. Watching Obama fumble around is like watching the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz)