echelon1k1
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typical democrat answer - you people should know considering you started the fucking thing
Fast-Food Workers Strike, Protest For Higher Pay
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Dr Kynes
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echelon1k1
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LOL... We got a law and order cast member in the house
UncleBuck
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my apologies, i am using the dictionary definition.
wigger,*wigga*[ˈwɪgə]n*Slang*a white youth who adopts black youth culture by adopting its speech, wearing its clothes, and listening to its music[from a blend of*white*+*nigger]
see4
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"We have", not, "we got".LOL... We got a law and order cast member in the house
Dr Kynes
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i know a few burger franchisees, they pay more for labour than any other capital outlay. doubling their labour costs would slice their already thin margins to the bone, and in some regions, would drive them out of business.
You're a wood-tick, not a burger flipper. I know for a fact the cost mechanics are vastly different in your sector because I've had to do "bids" myself (except with steel).
If you're as small a company as you imply, and you have competition, your contingency buffer is probably ~5% or else you're getting undercut by others.
And it would really suck if your competitors already have capital stock prior to bidding (assuming materials have a continuous inflation).
Then again, I can't profess knowledge of the intricacies in California construction, my experience is mostly in Western Canada and the contracts I dealt with dwarfed what you recently claimed as revenue (~$1Mn/yr?).
Perhaps you have different numbers to play with?
Please, tell me more...
You may be correct on the surface but you're neglecting one thing...profit margins.
McD's et al. have plenty of number-crunchers working for them figuring out the maximum prices they can charge the consumer in order to maintain those margins.
They currently have an average profit margin of ~20%.
Their labour costs are 17% of the operating budget...
To put that in perspective, if they charge $1.20 and it costs them $1, then 17 cents goes to labour.
DOUBLE the labour cost and the profit margin goes to 3 cents or ~2.5%, ceteris paribus.
Oh sure, shareholders who don't do fuck all as far as the company is concerned get hit on their divies (boo fucking hoo), but the company still has plenty of room to work, and that's assuming they don't raise prices modestly or squeeze their suppliers, ala WalFart, or utilize more capital instead of labour.
The places where you will see a negative effect is in SMEs. That will cause competition on the bleeding edge to get pushed out, but that leaves more business for the leftovers.
And once again, that is precluding aggregate demand effects...
I know I know... "Tarot reading"
PS Wood-tick is slang for carpenters.
McBurgers on the corner is NOT the McBurger Corporation Wall Street Ticker Symbol.
the franchisee doesnt have those kinds of margins, and cannot afford the doubling of their largest cost.
echelon1k1
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when you have nothing else, literally..."We have", not, "we got".
UncleBuck
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yet the mcdonald's that was there when reagan sat and watched the minimum wage become effectively smaller is still there after minimum wage has more than doubled since he left office.
all this goddamn empirical evidence and these concrete, real world examples getting in the way of your repeated and demonstrable right wing, bircher lies.
Dr Kynes
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i woulkd say "Depraved Indifference" is more accurate.LOL... We got a law and order cast member in the house
2nd Degree Racism is the best they can get you on, but i bet you can plea bargain it down to Negligent Racism and get off with community service and time served...
UncleBuck
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it's so pathetic that it's unreal.Has expectations of special treatment that are unrealistic
Thanks for the new sig too
edit: don't to forget to observe*
travisw
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I read something that estimated the cost at around 26%. Does that sound about right?
echelon1k1
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Dude, just think if it was the Law and Order guys prosecuting Zimmerman? Lefty love boners all round...
just on the down low - you better fix those spelling errors before see4 goes all grammar nazi on you
UncleBuck
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echelon1k1
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Dude, i'm not even australian
desert dude
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I am sure they have, but as far as I know Duke is not personally linked to any murders unlike your hero, Sharpton.
UncleBuck
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so david duke gets a pass for his racism, but sharpton gets hung by the toenails for his.
about what i would expect from someone like you who knowingly joined white supremacy groups.
Dr Kynes
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in calif, with it's $8.25 minimum wage, 30% sounds more like, but i dont have the numbers in front of me.
2000: federal minimum wage is $5.15
2010: federal minimum wage is $7.25
that is an increase in the minimum wage of 140%.
did the big mac go up in price by 140% as well? adjusted for inflation, nope. it went up 126%.
wages went up, the price of food did not soar, and the same dollar would buy you more after the wage increase than it did before.
i will say it over and over and over again: the right does not have one single concrete example that supports their moronic yelling and blathering.
since they have no concrete examples and thus no actual reason to oppose this, they will invent a lie and keep repeating it: class warfare.
the right in america is fucking hopeless.
This is my favorite of all time!
What inflation??
Then in small words below the 2000 price it says that the prices have been adjusted for inflation.
If there was no inflation there would be no need to adjust for it.
Edit, also $5.15 to $7.25 is a 41% increase NOT 140%
Math. You can't do it.
Dr Kynes
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cat's outa the bag homey.
it's true, me and echie are a couple African American Rump Rangers, tooling the mean streets looking for confused young men to seduce to the Darkest (and most fabulous) Side of the Force.
dont fight it my Chocolate Adonis, our Rock Hard Abdominals gave us away, plus i kept saying put the earring in your LEFT ear, thats a dead giveaway sugar.
Ooooh! we gotta run, Project Runway is starting on Bravo!
