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Vegas » 23 Jun 2024, 4:58 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 4:58 pm

I JUST **** DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

READ THE GOD DAMN SOURCE YOU **** MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lying ****.

Blackvegetable » 23 Jun 2024, 4:48 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 4:48 pm

Perhaps you should read the question again.

 What was that?

I couldn't hear you...

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Blackvegetable » 23 Jun 2024, 5:01 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 5:01 pm

Post them.

So to be clear...you are too **** lazy to click on the link yourself and look at the **** beautiful graph posted from the Bureau of Labor statistics? 


Yeah...your lazy and illiterate *** is your problem, not mine. 

*rippy38 » 23 Jun 2024, 5:02 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 5:02 pm

What was that?

I couldn't hear you...

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Maybe you should pull those fingers out of your ears, baby doll....

Blackvegetable » 23 Jun 2024, 5:05 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 5:05 pm

Maybe you should pull those fingers out of your ears, baby doll....

Maybe you should buy some shells for your shotgun... if you can find it that is.

 
 

Vegas » 23 Jun 2024, 10:46 am » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 10:46 am

I am uncertain that it was the min wage hike that is responsible for the downfall of businesses there. It was the straw the broke the camel's back, but it didn't start it. Over a decade ago employees were able to live in a relatively nice condo, afford a car, and live in a decent neighborhood. This was before the min wage increase. Now they can't afford it and driven out of neighborhoods that were once nice. This downfall began before the increase. The farmers are having a hard time keeping up with the costs and now with the min wage increase, it's almost impossible for them to survive. 

Bidenomics baby!

Restaurant owner exposes harsh reality of doing business in California: 'An unhealthy ecosystem' (msn.com)

Actually, a lot more is going on in this story.

Molly Engelhart runs 3 vegan restaurants in California, and a farm in Texas.  She announced that she was changing to meat based restaurants, and her vegan staff quit.  She has, also, lost her vegan clientele, and hasn't managed to replace her staff.

This Vegan Restaurant Is Facing Enormous Backlash For Embracing Meat

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/sage-v ... -interview

In an interview, Mollie Engelhart explains why her formerly vegan LA restaurants will soon serve bison burgers and cheesesteaks.

May 1, 2024

Mollie Engelhart, owner of Sage Vegan Bistro, a Los Angeles staple known for its plant-based menu, calls herself a “card-carrying” vegetarian of 46 years. That’s why many were shocked when she announced on April 22 that her three restaurants, with locations in Pasadena, Echo Park, and a to-go window in Culver City, would be adding meat and dairy products to what was once an entirely vegan menu. In an Instagram post, Engelhart said the restaurants would be renamed Sage Regenerative Kitchen and that they would be “shifting from an all plant-based menu” to one that serves dishes like bison burgers, patty melts, and Philly cheesesteaks.

 The reaction from Engelhart’s audience was intense. The post racked up more than 4,000 comments, many harshly critical of the decision. A large portion of commenters were angry that Engelhart had seemingly turned her back on her vegan principles. Some of Englehart’s employees at the restaurant, which opened in 2011, left their jobs in protest.

 
 

Vegas » 23 Jun 2024, 10:46 am » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 10:46 am

I am uncertain that it was the min wage hike that is responsible for the downfall of businesses there. It was the straw the broke the camel's back, but it didn't start it. Over a decade ago employees were able to live in a relatively nice condo, afford a car, and live in a decent neighborhood. This was before the min wage increase. Now they can't afford it and driven out of neighborhoods that were once nice. This downfall began before the increase. The farmers are having a hard time keeping up with the costs and now with the min wage increase, it's almost impossible for them to survive. 

Bidenomics baby!

Restaurant owner exposes harsh reality of doing business in California: 'An unhealthy ecosystem' (msn.com)

Minimum wage benefits some workers while dis-employing others. The specific ratio is a subject of academic debate - something even @Blackvegetable  acknowledges.

I personally have a neutral view of the MW. What likely contributes to the downfall of SMB owners in California much more is...

The opportunity cost.

What's the point of starting a small business and taking home $100K - $200K a year when government employees make just as much with 40 hrs/wk + generous benefits, or tech workers making $200K - $400K /yr with less stress?

Small business owners often work 50-75 hrs/week.
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You might as well be a salaried employee.

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LowIQTrash » 24 Jun 2024, 10:49 am » wrote: ↑

24 Jun 2024, 10:49 am

Minimum wage benefits some workers while dis-employing others. The specific ratio is a subject of academic debate - something even @Blackvegetable  acknowledges.

I personally have a neutral view of the MW. What likely contributes to the downfall of SMB owners in California much more is...

The opportunity cost.

What's the point of starting a small business and taking home $100K - $200K a year when government employees make just as much with 40 hrs/wk + generous benefits, or tech workers making $200K - $400K /yr with less stress?

Small business owners often work 50-75 hrs/week.
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You might as well be a salaried employee.

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I think even you, and Kevin O'Leary, would acknowledge that segueing from Vegan dining to small scale organic farming strongly suggests this woman is not "running institutional money"...

Blackvegetable » 24 Jun 2024, 11:50 am » wrote: ↑

24 Jun 2024, 11:50 am

I think even you, and Kevin O'Leary, would acknowledge that segueing from Vegan dining to small scale organic farming strongly suggests this woman is not "running institutional money"...

You seem to be very dialed in with a certain individual's lifestyle choices...

*rippy38 » 23 Jun 2024, 1:01 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2024, 1:01 pm

Maybe you could verify it through the Vanity Fair Society page...

OMG you should see how glooped up that thing is. 

It's a good thing he took a snapshot of that young piece of chicken who looks nothing like Trump before he started in.

How he avoids pennis elbow is beyond me. It's like he's angry at that thing for being so tiny. He gets that thing between his thumb and finger and goes to town, sobbing while he strokes it.