Q for USMB Progressives

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Define "shop around" for a business owner.

A business owner is paying a combined salary for three receptionists of 100K a year. Add on the cost of payroll.....115K a year. A salesman presents to him a voice mail system that costs 30K...with expected 100% depreciation over a 5 year period....so costing him 6K a year This voicemail system will eliminate the need for 2 of his 3 receptionists.....saving him around 70K a year. He has a net savings of 64K a year. Is he wrong to purchase the voicemail system at the cost of 2 jobs?

If he has no legal obligations to maintain the employees, of course he is right to terminate their employment without prejudice (no business appeal on uninsurance claims).

Does any of that even make a differerence: