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governor huckabee: gina, what about you, real quickly. you have the fire in the belly if you are an entrepreneur as it is. i would say that the opportunities with our business and growth, they have certainly been stimied areas ago especially with this administration there is so much uncertainty out there. we never know what s coming down the pike, we don t know with the healthcare increases and everything else what we re going to do. and right now what we re looking to do really and you have heard this allot is increase your, you know, decrease your cost by actually turning your full time workers into part time workers. so, that s one of the things that we have thought about doing with our business. and we really are are looking at whether or not certain positions within our company are necessary because it s a fight for survival. goff gof we ll keep in touch with both of you. appreciated your being back today. william, thank you. all right. if you want a good paying job, what ab ....
We have seen mcdonald s. dominoes, all of these major corporations paying people lesser wages and seeing profits. we just saw in the news this past week that mcdonald s posted second quarter profits again. we are seeing. governor huckabee: would it be better if they were losing money? would you be happier? [ applause ] no, i think that. [ applause ] no, no, no. i think if a company makes money then they should reward the people that are helping them make the money, the workers. the companies making the money because the guy standing at the cash register is selling the burgers to the drive-thru customer. governor huckabee: you know he what i wish every company could pay more. what if they can t pay more because of the cost of their doing business and the cost of what their business is going to be in the next quarter is such they can t continue to do it. let s face it it, a lot of companies i know you may not understand but they have investors and if they don t return something t ....
The changing face of the modern day proly proly tear i can t tell. on dirty jobs we saw it it again and again and again. people were continually surprised to see how happy were the people that we met and to see how prosperous they were. there is a chronology in all things and college, look, i wouldn t trade my degree, but, when i got out of high school, i didn t know what i wanted to do. i went to a community college, i spent two and a half years at, what, 40 bucks a credit. so you can afford to fail. trying to figure out trying to figure out what it is i wanted to do with the useful part of my career. and it took a while to sort it out. but i feel lucky because i did it in the right order. i never took on any debt. and, in the end, i m okay. [ laughter ] governor huckabee: there is a poster. [ applause ] a poster you saw i think in high school guidance. ....
The changing face of the modern day proly proly tear i can t tell. on dirty jobs we saw it it again and again and again. people were continually surprised to see how happy were the people that we met and to see how prosperous they were. there is a chronology in all things and college, look, i wouldn t trade my degree, but, when i got out of high school, i didn t know what i wanted to do. i went to a community college, i spent two and a half years at, what, 40 bucks a credit. so you can afford to fail. trying to figure out trying to figure out what it is i wanted to do with the useful part of my career. and it took a while to sort it out. but i feel lucky because i did it in the right order. i never took on any debt. and, in the end, i m okay. [ laughter ] governor huckabee: there is a poster. [ applause ] a poster you saw i think in high school guidance. ....
Up. governor huckabee: here is what i find interesting. the affordable healthcare act supposed to make it more affordable and accessible. your employees were already getting healthcare. now they are threatened with not getting it at all because the cost of the affordable care is unaffordable. do i get that right? exactly right. [ applause ] [ applause ] it kind of goes against what is supposed to be happening. william, when you were here before, you talked about the challenges that you face. you have a smaller company, handful of employees. how does the current policies of the government, whether it s obama care or tax policies, how does that keep you from growing? well, you hit the nail on the head, governor. you said this affordable care act was supposed to, quote: bend the cost curve down. my health insurance agent came into my office about a week ago and said in 2014 when obama care is instituted, you should expect your rates to go up 40 to 50%. 40 to 50% after we have ....