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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Sure did. Like the people who thought it was okay to bring their own meals and sit at one of our tables and eat for free.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
How about it? You telling me the only chickens you can find are the Chinese processed ones? Certainly not the case where I live.
Yeah? And it is the consumer who keeps them here by purchasing them with great frequency. Simple supply and demand. If you stop buying it the stop making it.
Actually, cheap Chinese made goods increases your buying power by allowing you to stretch your dollar, that is why so many people do not care.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Sremmos80
Ya i already admitted defeat many pages ago
I would not call it 'defeat', you learned something. Which is pretty much the reason all of us are here. It takes a lot to admit you have changed your perspective so cheers to you.
originally posted by: Fylgje
Not accusing anyone here of this, but, too many business owners take home too much money and pay their employees too little, AND charge too much for their products. Some don't just want to make a good profit anymore, they wanna reach in the consumers pocket and clean'em out. Greed.
originally posted by: Fylgje
But it's not all the business owners fault. Wall Street speculators are to blame for inflating everything. It's just a free-for-all these days. When I was younger, I worked for my parents a little as they owned a few business', so I'm familiar with how gas stations, restaurant and hotels work. Capitalism is good as long as it's in the right hands.
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originally posted by: stormson
i bet all those time business boomed, you passed that on to the customer too. you dropped prices, right?
how about when your workers went above and beyond, i bet you gave them all bonuses, right?
costs are passed on to the consumer, but profits passed on to your pocket.
originally posted by: macman
a reply to: gentledissident
You may want to rethink your socialist self identification. You sound more and more every month like a Libertarian.
originally posted by: Chickensalad\
Truth is, my area is full of small businesses that refuse to pass on increase expe ses onto us customers. They absorb them and do there damnedest locally to fight such increases. I know this because I actually know a large portion of them.
The bussiness practices you speak of are more along the lines of Bane Capitol or the local walmart/large corps. You bleed a bussiness for maximum profit and when you no longer see the profit you like, you sell.
originally posted by: gentledissident
I'm a socialist, but I believe that if you're going into business, your 1st goal should be to maximize profit. Of course, it's tempered by what the market will bear. That can't be helped. Making as much money as you can is the goal of capitalism. The company I work for is climbing every year on the Fortune 500. It's growing like crazy. Each year we get less hours to work with. Our annual raises are now fixed. We get cheaper tools. Consumer costs rise. My company has an obligation to use employees and customers to line the pockets of the owners and shareholders. This is the American way. Love it or leave it.
Regarding taxes, I don't trust the American government with anything, much less my money.