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McDonalds just fired their CEO, because it has been kicked in the Clown Sack by the Militant Socialists of the LGBT-Envirocranks... . Which claimed that McDonalds, was worse than you exhaling carbon... .
McDonalds, being led by those sensitive to assaults by the Pop-culture queens, succumbed to the weeping and gnashing of Leftist tooth... and decided to change the formula for the oil in which they fry their Tasty American-fries, and to announce the end of the "BIG MAC!" and so on... which of course led to the public impression that McDonalds was complicit in some Crime against humanity and as a result their sales are WAY DOWN.
Of course what they should have done is taken the fight to the Left-cranks and as is proven here and on message boards throughout the interwebz... EVERY MOMENT of EVERY DAY... they would have easily prevailed.
But to do that there would have had to have been an American somewhere NEAR the board of McDonalds and as history now demonstrates, there was NOT. So they got their sad clown ass handed to them by a gaggle of impotent malcontents, pushing feckless drivel.
There should be a war on creepy old men who have 19yr olds posing mostly naked as their avatars. 19 = a kid
It's expensive because people want to live there.Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
It's expensive because the government needs money to keep the parks and museums going.
Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
It's expensive because people want to live there.Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
It's expensive because the government needs money to keep the parks and museums going.
Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
"Creative destruction" doesn't include deliberate government destruction of businesses, moron
Are you kidding? Dallas vs. San Francisco?It's expensive because people want to live there.Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
It's expensive because the government needs money to keep the parks and museums going.
Wrong. It's expensive because of all the artificial restrictions government places on the construction of housing. People want to live in Dallas too, but it's about 1/3 of the price.
Are you kidding? Dallas vs. San Francisco?It's expensive because people want to live there.Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
It's expensive because the government needs money to keep the parks and museums going.
Wrong. It's expensive because of all the artificial restrictions government places on the construction of housing. People want to live in Dallas too, but it's about 1/3 of the price.
Minimum wage is not meant to be living wage. If you can't afford a living wage you won't be in business. Just too simple for idiot libtards like you to comprehend.Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
If you can't afford to pay a living wage then you shouldn't be in business. And if you say Well, if they have to pay that then the business will have to close, good, it shouldn't be open then. A real business will pay its workers a wage they can live on, assuming that they work full-time.Minimum wage is not meant to be living wage. If you can't afford a living wage you won't be in business. Just too simple for idiot libtards like you to comprehend.Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
Repeating your stupidity just proves you're stupid.If you can't afford to pay a living wage then you shouldn't be in business.Minimum wage is not meant to be living wage. If you can't afford a living wage you won't be in business. Just too simple for idiot libtards like you to comprehend.Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
Nothing stupid about it. Tell us, if a business can't afford to pay its taxes, should it be in business? How about its rent?Repeating your stupidity just proves you're stupid.If you can't afford to pay a living wage then you shouldn't be in business.Minimum wage is not meant to be living wage. If you can't afford a living wage you won't be in business. Just too simple for idiot libtards like you to comprehend.Did you somehow miss the idea of Creative Destruction: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaIf You Support Higher Minimum Wages, You Hate Bookstores
You don't hate bookstores. Do you?
Similarly, this is why some burger joints are experimenting with machines that literally make the burgers automatically. Fewer people in the kitchen means less labor purchased. This is why the CBO projected that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 could cost half-a-million jobs.
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
The change in minimum wage will mean our payroll will increase roughly 39%.
That increase will in turn bring up our total operating expenses by 18%.
To make up for that expense, we would need to increase our sales by a minimum of 20%.
We do not believe that is a realistic possibility for a bookstore in San Francisco at this time.
The other obvious alternative to increasing sales would be to decrease expenses.
The only way to accomplish the amount of savings needed would be to reduce our staff to: the current management (Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman), and one other part-time employee.
Alan would need to take over most of Jude’s administrative responsibilities and Jude would work the counter five to six days per week. Taking all those steps would allow management to increase their work hours by 50-75% while continuing to make roughly the same modest amount that they make now (by way of example, Alan’s salary was $28,000 last year).
That’s not an option for obvious reasons and for at least one less obvious one — at the planned minimum wage in 2018, either of them would earn more than their current salary working only 40 hours per week at a much less demanding job that paid minimum wage.
If You Support Higher Minimum Wages You Hate Bookstores Washington Free Beacon
If you can't pay a Living Wage then there is no reason for you to be in business here, none at all.
Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
Creative Destruction kiddos, Capitalism in action: Creative destruction - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaWhy is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
Unmitigated Horseshit.
It's a bookstore, hello? And not only a bookstore but an independent specialty bookstore (SciFi). Such businesses have been losing ground for years to internet sources like Amazon (which now dominates book sales), eBay, eReaders, and before that large chains like Borders ad Barnes & Noble -- BOTH of which have also closed in San Francisco -- and all over -- along with a dozen or so other indie book stores as listed on post 34. ALL of that happened before any minimum wage action, and ALL of that happens inside and outside San Francisco. Nationally, over a thousand bookstores folded up between 2000 and 2007 alone.
That's two hits, one a technological shift and one a monopoly-BigBox pressure. In both cases it's the free market at work. Like it or lump it but this cherrypicking one case at a convenient time to make a post hoc fallacy belongs in the Bullshit section.
Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
Unmitigated Horseshit.
It's a bookstore, hello? And not only a bookstore but an independent specialty bookstore (SciFi). Such businesses have been losing ground for years to internet sources like Amazon (which now dominates book sales), eBay, eReaders, and before that large chains like Borders ad Barnes & Noble -- BOTH of which have also closed in San Francisco -- and all over -- along with a dozen or so other indie book stores as listed on post 34. ALL of that happened before any minimum wage action, and ALL of that happens inside and outside San Francisco. Nationally, over a thousand bookstores folded up between 2000 and 2007 alone.
That's two hits, one a technological shift and one a monopoly-BigBox pressure. In both cases it's the free market at work. Like it or lump it but this cherrypicking one case at a convenient time to make a post hoc fallacy belongs in the Bullshit section.
See ya, thanks for playing.Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
Unmitigated Horseshit.
It's a bookstore, hello? And not only a bookstore but an independent specialty bookstore (SciFi). Such businesses have been losing ground for years to internet sources like Amazon (which now dominates book sales), eBay, eReaders, and before that large chains like Borders ad Barnes & Noble -- BOTH of which have also closed in San Francisco -- and all over -- along with a dozen or so other indie book stores as listed on post 34. ALL of that happened before any minimum wage action, and ALL of that happens inside and outside San Francisco. Nationally, over a thousand bookstores folded up between 2000 and 2007 alone.
That's two hits, one a technological shift and one a monopoly-BigBox pressure. In both cases it's the free market at work. Like it or lump it but this cherrypicking one case at a convenient time to make a post hoc fallacy belongs in the Bullshit section.
BUT you are forgetting the two owners state clearly why they are closing...
In November, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed a measure that will increase the minimum wage within the city to $15 per hour by 2018.
Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in principal and we believe that it’s possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco —
Borderlands Books as it exists is not a financially viable business if subject to that minimum wage.
Consequently we will be closing our doors no later than March 31st. …
I'll take Dallas any day of the week.
How nice, we both like The City.I'll take Dallas any day of the week.
I like Dallas. I love San Francisco. Fisherman's Wharf and China Town are unique in my experience. Los Angeles and New York have a China Town, but they are nothing like SF.
Stumbling back to the BART down Market street after a fine dinner and a stop in every bar or pub along the way is an experience every adult should have.
San Francisco was around long before the Communists took it over, and will go on after they fade to dust.
Why is it so expensive? Because of continual rules and regulations like this increase in minimum wage!I don't get the "can't believe... San Francisco" connection here.
San Francisco's a wonderful town but it's very expensive to live there. You know that, right?
Don't you comprehend the concept of raising costs of doing business raises prices people pay?
I'm sure you think those small business people are making a fortune and need to be taken down a peg by re-distribution!
Unmitigated Horseshit.
It's a bookstore, hello? And not only a bookstore but an independent specialty bookstore (SciFi). Such businesses have been losing ground for years to internet sources like Amazon (which now dominates book sales), eBay, eReaders, and before that large chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble -- BOTH of which have also closed in San Francisco -- and all over -- along with a dozen or so other indie book stores as listed in post 34. ALL of that happened before any minimum wage action, and ALL of that happens inside and outside San Francisco. Nationally, over a thousand bookstores folded up between 2000 and 2007 alone.
That's two hits, one a technological shift and one a monopoly-BigBox pressure. In both cases it's the free market at work. Like it or lump it but this cherrypicking one case at a convenient time to make a post hoc fallacy belongs in the Bullshit section.
A dozen local bookstores close in SF, including big boxes, thousands of bookstores close coast to coast, and all of a sudden this one is a result of a wage increase?
