Another reason not to eat there...

December 13, 2004

Republican members of the House and Senate also have blocked Democratic legislation to raise the minimum wage by as much as $1.85 to $7, a move that might hurt restaurant owners and retailers.

Those companies include Tampa, Florida-based Outback Steakhouse Inc., which gave 96 percent of its $401,500 in PAC donations to Republicans this year, and Orlando, Florida-based Darden Restaurants Inc., the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster franchises, which gave 90 percent of its $198,084 in candidate donations to Republicans.

The rest of the article is pretty interesting - apparently, the companies that gave lots of money to the GOP did really well in the stock market over the past 4 years, while companies that supported the Dems didn't do so great.