Fast-food workers walkout to protest low wages
The Huff Po piece isnt making presumptions....its defeating the right wing apocalyptic nonsense that increasing worker wages and benefits to livable figures, will somehow trigger 20 dollar big macs, businesses closing left and right, and all this other crazy sht that has no basis in economic reality, just for franchises to stay afloat. Im not sure what your argument is here. If absorbing the wage increase means such a negligible price hike for a couple of Mcdonalds food items, then why does corporate not do that?
Again, this is class warfare you're expressing (they dont deserve it because I say so!), and Ill repeat --- for someone so concerned with the health of the economy and small businesses, I cant for the life of me understand why you would not want the public to have more discretionary income to spend on dining out, entertainment, ext so that these businesses can respond to the demand by expanding, which further fuels and grows economy.
Talking about biting your own nose off to spite your face. Oh well, at least 1% owns about half the wealth of this country. Thats whats really important, and what we must fight for with every ounce of our being.
shyt is ridiculous. I genuinely think people love believing they're better than someone else based on their own occupation or achievements. Minimum wage workers are still human beings and deserve to be able to feed, house and cloth themselves. It blows my mind that you can work 40 hours a week and not even be able to live off that. And please, lets not even bring CEO to worker wage ratios up.so because you work at Micky D's you shouldn't be able to feed yourselves and put a roof over your head?
I look forward to seeing your families thrown off of roofs in the future
It's not the CEO of McDonalds who's determining individual franchises pay structure. Just like CVS, just like the mechanic at an Exxon station....its determined by the person who owns the business.
Richard Wright
Living Legend
No dude. Just no. You sound like an idiot. The only social responsibility Mcdonald's has is to increase its profits. The higher Mcdonald's profits are, the more efficiently they are providing people with their service. Mcdonalds is a company with a black electrical engineer as its ceo.
To Don Thompson. If these workers want to make what he makes they can do what he did. Government is too ineffective to possibly implement some bullshyt zero growth fantasy. No one in this world owes anyone else shyt. At the end of the day social contracts are the only thing between us and a constant state of war.
Do you guys realize 17 cents on the dollar is a lot of money in terms of a percentage of revenue? If I was Mcdonalds anyone that strikes is fired.
The computer you typed that from, the clothes on your back, and everything else good in your life came from someone else's self interest. There are billions of people in this world that would kill to work in a mcdonalds kitchen for half of the wage-floored $7.25 rate. Mcdonalds aint a career.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The company could easily set the pay rates for the franchises. Hell, if your store isn't up to spec or kitchen isn't up to spec they can tell you to tear it down and or replace things at your own expense.
keep swinging for companies, and you'll wind up swinging from lamp poles when the revolution comes
If the company could easily set the pay rates for the franchises. Hell if your store isn't up to spec or kitchen isn't up to spec they can tell you to tear it down and or replace things at your own expense.
keep swinging for companies, and you'll wind up swinging from lamp poles when the revolution comes
So you'd prefer to eliminate the frachisee, and have fast food operated via corporate?
Should a McDonalds cashier in NY be paid more than one in Florida? Why?
The franchise owner absorbs it, not the big wigs at corporate. You can't differentiate that, maybe because you don't understand that business model.
[quote="No_bammer_weed]Again, this is class warfare you're expressing (they dont deserve it because I say so!), and Ill repeat --- for someone so concerned with the health of the economy and small businesses, I cant for the life of me understand why you would not want the public to have more discretionary income to spend on dining out, entertainment, ext so that these businesses can respond to the demand by expanding, which further fuels and grows economy.[/quote]
They don't deserve it? Yeah, for the most part. It depends. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've been laid off multiple times. I've had to apply for unemployment insurance until I got another job. I didn't coast it. So, when I say I work and studied for a higher standard of living, I don't expect a sluggard who does nothing to improve his skills or knowledge and expect to get paid as much as me. That type of person can go to communist country where you get paid the same regardless of your experience or knowledge.
[quote="No_bammer_weed]Talking about biting your own nose off to spite your face. Oh well, at least 1% owns about half the wealth of this country. Thats whats really important, and what we must fight for with every ounce of our being.[/quote]
So Jay-Z, P-Diddy, and Michael Jordan have taken advantage of the masses by selling their product for a profit which has, through the years, amassed into a huge personal fortune? No, they used their business acumen to grow their wealth. Not everyone who has money knows what to do with it. Communism is not the way.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
We aren't talking about everyone else in the world and what they would like and want, we're talking about Merica. lol at your nonsense.
The country(taxpayers) end up carrying the burden of these companies poor practices then the finger gets pointed else where.
Lets address the actual problem.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Franchises have rules set by corporate, that's the way it is. Did I loose you somehow?
I don't think the guy in Nebraska needs to be paid as much as the guy in NYC but you could make an argument for it.
If the guy in Nebraska maid as much as the guy in NY he would be less of a burden on the state.
A lot of people want it both ways in America. ie pay him nothing wait wait wait!!! why does he get food stamps and hud etc etc!!!? Government is bad!
Richard Wright
Living Legend
The actual problem is our government is not for the people. Every problem with corporations is a problem with government. These corporations are government created legal entities.
The actual problem is Americans hate each other so much that they never do anything cooperatively, at best 51 percent of us bully the other 49 percent at any given time.
The actual problem is that none of the values associated with private land ownership really apply now that were not in the age of '40 acres and a mule'.
The actual problem is that people are too stupid to use the political process for what it is there for, they would rather use it to wage war on each other.
The actual problem is that these fast food workers could be working on taking our infrastructure to the next level, high speed rail, internet, more education , more sustainable energy solutions.
If were talking about america, then no one owes you shyt. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness baby. (Slavery reparations are an exception to this, but thats neither here nor there).
Corporate doesn't dictate wages for McDonalds-its determined by the guy who took the risk on of opening up or purchasing the business(god forbid, I know) The rules set by corporate are the products they can sell and at what time they can sell it. Like when McDonalds seasonly introduces a new sandwich the franchisee is notified by corporate that its coming down the pike and you have to carry it in the restaurant.
If the independent business owner doesnt have the ability to determine his pay structure- there's absolutely zero reason to take on the risk of buying a franchise.
As far as the food stamps- if these folks werent working at Mcdonalds they'd more than likely be receiving even more gvt assistance.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
They could, that's my point. There are tons of rules and standards set, don't be coy.
that last sentence
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
thanks for playing
