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Old 04-14-2014, 03:08 PM
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Well you have to go to the store sometimes Rob..........
I think anyone who has walked the footbridge from San Ysidro into Tijuana will understand what I am saying....
To be truthful I shop very little in stores - the internet is your friend. As is Omaha Steaks and Allen Bros.
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Old 04-14-2014, 03:13 PM
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Hence the push for all these trade deals like NAFTA and the TPP. It's all about expanding markets and that is all about moving away from the charred remains of the American middle class.

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Hear, hear! The TPP is 180 degrees out of direction we should be headed.

So much for the notion that we progs march in lock step with Prez O, eh Brent?
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I have some personal knowledge of minimum wage and good help. One of my brothers owned two restaurants. Sit down thirty tables freshly prepared meals type.

He would be the first to tell another three important facts. If wanting the best help, you pay them enough to keep them happy. More then minimum wages and offered benefits. Happy workers are good for business. Second any cost increases get passed along to the customer. Just enough to go unnoticed by the average patron. Never lessen the quality of the end product by cutting corners in materials.

The people would come week after week to eat and stay to visit. The employees were a big part in this.

He made money, is now retired over ten years and just turned fifty five.



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If he made enough to retire ten years ago, he obviously didn't take very good care of his employees. Unless you are suggesting they all retired as well? How can this guy live with himself, knowing he got rich off the sweat of those under him?
Poor suckers are probably now helping some other jerk capitalist get rich. Your brother would still be working if he were a stand up guy, until all those who helped him succeed are sitting on the beach next to him.
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Old 04-14-2014, 04:56 PM
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If he made enough to retire ten years ago, he obviously didn't take very good care of his employees. Unless you are suggesting they all retired as well? How can this guy live with himself, knowing he got rich off the sweat of those under him?
Poor suckers are probably now helping some other jerk capitalist get rich. Your brother would still be working if he were a stand up guy, until all those who helped him succeed are sitting on the beach next to him.
But perhaps the profitable restaurant was sold as a going concern (to fund that retirement), and the employees all kept their jobs.
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Old 04-14-2014, 04:59 PM
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If he made enough to retire ten years ago, he obviously didn't take very good care of his employees. Unless you are suggesting they all retired as well? How can this guy live with himself, knowing he got rich off the sweat of those under him?
Poor suckers are probably now helping some other jerk capitalist get rich. Your brother would still be working if he were a stand up guy, until all those who helped him succeed are sitting on the beach next to him.
Still drinkin' that nasty brown Wasilla tea Was? Be a red blooded wingnut and start drinkin' coffee.
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Old 04-14-2014, 05:03 PM
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If he made enough to retire ten years ago, he obviously didn't take very good care of his employees. Unless you are suggesting they all retired as well? How can this guy live with himself, knowing he got rich off the sweat of those under him?
Poor suckers are probably now helping some other jerk capitalist get rich. Your brother would still be working if he were a stand up guy, until all those who helped him succeed are sitting on the beach next to him.
No so fast. He had worked in the restaurant chain since fifteen. Started in the kitchen and worked up to owning two stores. Built up the stores business through good relationships with the customers and employees. He will be the first to tell you a big part is the employees. A bad one can run people away. There are still people we run into who wish he hadn't sold them. Or they want to know when he will open another. We run into the employees still at family gatherings. They were welcomed into the family and still all these years later are around.

When he sold the restaurants the selling point was the business built up by him. The clientele and the employees. He was approached with an offer that was to good to be true.

One is still going the other is long gone. Guess which one kept the same game plan my brother started and the one who cut corners.


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Old 04-14-2014, 05:07 PM
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But perhaps the profitable restaurant was sold as a going concern (to fund that retirement), and the employees all kept their jobs.
Yes that is what happened. One we still eat at and the employees are still there. The other buyer knew better, would not listen to the advice of my brother and lasted almost two years before closing the doors.


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