Posted on 11/03/2017 8:57:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Guess again.
Sounds fair. Bye.
I love it when liberals fail.
It happies me.
I was gonna say “Schooled! By the economics of capitalism.” but since these dimwits hadn’t learned anything, my statement doesn’t hold true - but I like saying it;-)
Profit Margin seemed like such a dirty word, in college.
This article is representative of 1) the stupidity of the media and 2) the lies of the left.
Nowhere in the article does it mention what a “living wage” actually is - or how the workers were compensated. The Boston Globe is behind a paywall, but I doubt it said also. I tried to find out details by going to several other sights, ALL regurgitating the same propaganda. Even the operator of the business, only give us this bit of fluff
According to Dudley Dough’s Facebook page, workers received wages above industry standards and received “the direct economic benefit of their labors through profit sharing.” The shop gave out free pizza four days a week to students of local math tutoring program Pie R Squared and hosted weekly events like “Social Justice Mondays.”
Was also interesting to learn that Patriots owner Robert Kraft donated $100K to this pizza place also.
In sum what is “social justice?” - cheap slogans, political pressure, and bad business plans.
I`ll take a large with everything on it except anchovies and tips.
“It happies me.”
LOL
It pleases me greatly to see this bastion of virtue-signaling fail, but unfortunately the duds behind Dudley’s don’t seem to see the error of their ways. Incredible.
“Regulars at the restaurant say they’re losing a community resource and a singular business based on a premise of economic justice and healthy food, according to the Globe report.”
SO why didn’t you and your “regular” pals eat there 3 times a day? Regulars...how many was that? Two?
Reality gets its revenge on people who think that businesses prime purpose is to create jobs, let alone well paying jobs.
The only reason an entrepreneur would ever start a business is to make money and the only reason he would hire someone is if that person helps him make more money.
Old but still fun to read!They are such morons aren’t they?
Liberals are clueless when it comes to economics. They have no real grasp of how wealth is generated or accumulated.
And why not? They have a warped view of human nature instilled in them by their professors, mentors, and family members.
“It’s not that liberals aren’t smart, it’s just that so much of what they know isn’t so.” —Ronald Reagan
Will a fair wage work? Long term? No..
Wage goes up, cost of product goes up and they’re money does not buy more than it did before the wage went up. Then, they will be pushed in to a higher tax brackets and actually be worse off.
IOW, the Patriots’ owner paid their salaries as they passed out free pizza.
No where does it say how much they determined their employees were worth.
Don’t understand the need for going out for pizza. Make pizza at home for a quarter of the price. Though I have noticed the restaurant prices have dropped a lot in the past couple of years.
“The challenge for Dudley Dough was to support itself,” Bing Broderick, Haley House executive director told the Globe. “The pizza shop attempted to put a social enterprise model into action.”
And what did we learn?
“I don’t think anyone is looking at it as a failure,” said Luther Pinckney, a team leader at Dudley Doug”
Apparently, nothing.
Technically it’s not a failure. It’s an expiriment, which proves or disproves a hypothesis.
In their case, they proved that their ‘fair wage’ doesn’t work!
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