Bain Capital owned OSI tried to cut food server wages in half

Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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Rob Roy said:
How much tribute must be paid if a person wants to start a business? How many regulations that protect bureaucrats must be adhered to? Whose ass must be kissed in order to be granted "permission" to start a business?
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Now days, your competition. Unless you have a foot in China's door.
 
canndo

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beenthere said:
Canndo, owning a single man operation is a night and day difference in owning a company with employees, no offense but it's not even close.
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Where did I say it was a single man operation beenthere? I employed 14 people.
 
canndo

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blindbaby said:
as long as we keep teaching the young, that making lots of money is bad, (its what makes america great, many soscialt societys, teach all to be equally poor, and live off the corrupt, capital stealling gov.) well, we will fail. how this got going, i dont know. but romney, has not had a shot at it. barack has, and took a deficite, increased it, incresased unemplyment, and teaches us to go out and "occupie"......stupid. no rich equals no others either. did you know, that our poorest people, are "rich" on a "global scale"?? so., then we need to destroy america all the way, so we can get rid of our guilt. ??? not. only weed is a acceptable income? or just "other peoples" income, should have the heck taxed out of it? this kind of thinking is what brought about many communist states. but, i wish people would at least ADMIT it if this is what they think would work. then we could have intelligent debates. instead of just "rich are bad". my neighbor, has more than me. so i should call him "rich", and have the gov give me a slice of his property? the liberals are either going to be done, after this election, or the country will be. take your pick. castro made good on his promise of EQUALITY, THO. now, they are all EQUALLY IN POVERTY. but equal. would that make us (not me!) feel better?. we need a tiny goverment. not a huge one. remember, goverment had only one job to start. "protect us from enimies, both foreighn, AND DOMESTIC. the occupeers, are some of the domestic sheet. now. im off on my motor scooter.
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This line of indoctrination is exactly what the rich would have you believe. This is an inherited opinion. Few "hate" the rich. If you read the Constitution, government has a host of 'jobs" beyond protecting us from enemies. It would be wise of you to read the entire document and not just presume that one part of an oath is the entirety of the government's constitutional duties.
 
canndo

canndo

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Rob Roy said:
The solution to that? Start a company and out compete the one you just left....no wait...government regulations won't let people start companies anymore....never mind.
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I have never had a problem starting a company Rob. If you have done so legitimately you will find that the vast majority of regulations and hinderances on small businesses are not Federal but local, state and municipality. People who complain about federal interference usually have never started a company and know little about what the real impediments are.
 
canndo

canndo

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Rob Roy said:
Deserving has nothing to do with it. If a person owns a company they also own the profit. Are workers free to leave and seek employment elsewhere or pool resources and start their own business? If the answer is yes, how has "the community" been harmed? Are they forced to stay ?

Funding schools? They do that thru force right? So it seems that what you are advocating is a preference for force, rather than free association....
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One of the companies I started had a resultant waste stream of soapy water and glycerine Rob. If it were truly "my" company and "my" land then I should have been allowed to simply dig a big ditch and pour all of the waste stream into that hole. One of the regulations I was forced to abide by prohibited that - it may have poluted the ground water, it may have poluted the land itself, even if that land was mine. You have a problem with such a regulation?
 
Kite High

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canndo said:
That's nice that you would say that beenthere, comiseration between two hard bitten business men who think poorly of those who are not.

Now shall we parse this one as well?
You seem to love to make generalizations such as "they want to pay all employees 'twice what they are worth'" Who determines this? Who is "they"? damn those they that want to champion regulations for a company going belly up. You tend to forget the fish that would go belly up if it were not for such regulations. You forget the commons that business regularly infringe upon unless they are given hard guidelines and harsh punishment for such abuse.

And you now seem to claim that liberals who take issue with business practices are lazy (not all) and are incapable in one way or another of starting one.

Tell you what - I am kinda lazy, I don't work as hard as I should but I have started 4 businesses, two in tech, one in alternative fuels and one in biology. Three have been sucessful, and we will see about the last one.

How many have you started?
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2 .... sold both years ago for a great profit and one I still receive royalties from...but I paid employees more than my competitors did and therefore had much better and dedicated employees...you do get what you pay for....

Now i am a plant manager...ie I grow cannabis...but not for money...for pleasure and sell nothing ever....I live from the sales proceeds of the businesses and royalties which are also partially invested...and the growing is harder than anything I ever did for the businesses...But I have a most wondrous life now and no financial worries...never want to open another business...glad I am comfortable and done with the rat race

trickle down doesn't work when the top keeps all the advantages
 
BadDog40

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Rob Roy said:
How much tribute must be paid if a person wants to start a business? How many regulations that protect bureaucrats must be adhered to? Whose ass must be kissed in order to be granted "permission" to start a business?
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I've owned 3 different businesses since the mid 80's, never needed anyone's permission. What are you talking about?
 
UncleBuck

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Kite High said:
... I paid employees more than my competitors did and therefore had much better and dedicated employees...you do get what you pay for....
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this.

also, i could not imagine many things easier than growing, i was surprised you thought it was harder.
 
canndo

canndo

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Kite High said:
2 .... sold both years ago for a great profit and one I still receive royalties from...but I paid employees more than my competitors did and therefore had much better and dedicated employees...you do get what you pay for....

Now i am a plant manager...ie I grow cannabis...but not for money...for pleasure and sell nothing ever....I live from the sales proceeds of the businesses and royalties which are also partially invested...and the growing is harder than anything I ever did for the businesses...But I have a most wondrous life now and no financial worries...never want to open another business...glad I am comfortable and done with the rat race

trickle down doesn't work when the top keeps all the advantages
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I was never able to preserve enough of a company to sell it as an entity - most of my endeavors have been pretty forward reacting. I do believe that the one I am currently involved with will have a market value - if certain laws fall my way in the next few years.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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Rob Roy said:
So should chinese products be banned from the USA? Shouldn't consumers be able to chose which products they buy?
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No, and yes by all means.
What should be banned, Tax evasion, Dividend income not taxed as income. Lobbing for tax cuts then investing overseas.
 
Kite High

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UncleBuck said:
this.

also, i could not imagine many things easier than growing, i was surprised you thought it was harder.
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well while intensely more enjoyable it is more physically demanding than staying on the phone, driving, and managing people...but you may be right...it has more to do with my age that it gets physically demanding
 
UncleBuck

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Kite High said:
well while intensely more enjoyable it is more physically demanding than staying on the phone, driving, and managing people...but you may be right...it has more to do with my age that it gets physically demanding
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oh, got it.

hauling 5 gallon buckets full of dirt around can be a young man's game in some ways.
 
Samwell Seed Well

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desert dude said:
I tried to respond with, "so what" but the robot overlords said that was too few characters. What is the point of the OP? Is it that waiters should be paid minimum wage instead of 1/2 MW? Are the waiters making their real money from tips? Is this supposed to be an indictment of Romney because he ran Bain a decade ago? What is the point?
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do you really not feel that servers and food service employees deserve to be paid a fair wage for the amount they bring in to the company . . .50% cut, better hope you dont say that next time you go out to eat to your server
 
Rob Roy

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Grandpapy said:
No, and yes by all means.
What should be banned, Tax evasion, Dividend income not taxed as income. Lobbing for tax cuts then investing overseas.
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The problem with taxes is the government bundles "goods and services" with "bads and dis-services" . Your money you give up goes toward killing innocents abroad and to jailing peaceful people domestically. You and your money play a role in that by your continued support of it....
 
canndo

canndo

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Rob Roy said:
The problem with taxes is the government bundles "goods and services" with "bads and dis-services" . Your money you give up goes toward killing innocents abroad and to jailing peaceful people domestically. You and your money play a role in that by your continued support of it....
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And those things Rob, are the cost of doing business in America.
 
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