Putin' Your Dinaro Where You Put Your Dinner

[PoliticalChic]

Here we go: Marxism on the menu......

An earlier thread was about testing socialism...
Socialism Gets Tested
wherein Gravity Payments, a multimillion dollar credit card company, decided to pay every employee the same $70,000; fighting 'income inequality.

Seems to have worked, at least they're still in business...a win for socialism!



1. This one is about a restaurant "in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner,....the restaurant’s founder, Ryan Cappelletti, told a local news outlet why he had chosen a communist-inspired business model for the restaurant:
“Because of our economy, people are working 12-to-15 hour shifts, servers take home $200 to $300 a night in tips, the cooks are making $10 an hour and the owner takes whatever he takes. We’re going to have equal pay and equal say across the board. Everyone working together.”

The restaurant had no bosses, and decisions were made collectively by the staff. The workers decided when to open and close, leading to highly irregular hours. Customers might come to the establishment to eat only to find it closed.

All workers were paid a “living wage,” meaning relatively unskilled workers would earn just as much as workers with more skills. Moreover, customers were not allowed to tip–meaning there was really no way for workers to be rewarded for exceptional service or work.


Not surprisingly, this meant the restaurant experienced higher costs and lower revenues.


Patrons often complained not just about the hours, but of the sometimes 40 minute wait to receive a sandwich.
To add to the ambience and the “collective” spirit of the business, Cappelletti had a mural of Che Guevara, Mao Zedong, and other famous communist leaders “tackling restaurant duties.” Marxism on the Menu: Why This Communist Restaurant Failed | Abigail Blanco




2. "Now putting a portrait of the man (Zedong) responsible for a famine that killed tens of millions of people in a restaurant reflects either a really dark sense of humor or complete ignorance of history and economics.

A recent example of what happens when one fails to understand these core economic principles occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner, announced it would close its doors at the end of last month despite a pleasing menu and offering hip vegan food options.
In addition to the food, the diner’s business model received a great deal of attention. While some politely say the diner’s means of operation were “progressive,” at least one media outlet referred to the establishment as “Marxist Vegan.” Ibid.



Well....in this case, looks like Bolshevism took one in the butt.

 

[PoliticalChic]

3. "What the creators of the diner (and the communist leaders on their walls) failed to recognize is that private property rights, prices, profit and loss are fundamental to bringing producers and consumers together, giving consumers what they want, and increasing wealth and prosperity.

....private property rights....means that an individual has exclusive rights to use a particular asset. He doesn’t have to worry about someone else using his assets without his permission. As a result, the owner internalizes whatever action he takes with regard to his property.



If a man takes good care of his business and provides a product or service consumers like, for example, he benefits in several ways. First, his customers reward him with their business and he likely earns a profit.

Second, when it comes time to sell, the owner will be again rewarded for his hard work in building and maintaining a profitable enterprise. If, by contrast, he allows his business costs to skyrocket, hires incompetent workers, and produces a subpar product, he will face the negative consequences of his actions. He may earn negative profits or even have to shut down. If he were to sell the venture, he’d fetch a much lower price."
Marxism on the Menu: Why This Communist Restaurant Failed | Abigail Blanco




Wanna guess what happened with this Bolshevik Beanery???

 

[Damaged Eagle]

All progressives who own a business should be required to follow such a progressive business model.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[PoliticalChic]

All progressives who own a business should be required to follow such a progressive business model.

*****CHUCKLE*****

"....progressives who own a business should be required to follow such a progressive business model."


Now, now, Long John.....the Constitution forbids 'cruel and unusual punishment.'

 

[Damaged Eagle]

All progressives who hold government positions/jobs should be required to put their paychecks in one big pot and have it redistributed equally to each and every member holding one of those progressive positions/jobs.

I'm sure all the janitors and other minimum wage employees who work for the government will be signing up as progressive.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[PoliticalChic]

All progressive who hold government positions/jobs should be required to put their paychecks in one big pot and have it redistributed equally to each and every member holding one of those progressive positions/jobs.

I'm sure all the janitors and other minimum wage employees who work for the government will be signing up as progressive.

*****CHUCKLE*****

I love it!!!!



Time and again, Liberals elect some dope who has never run a corporation or even a profitable business.....and wonder why there are results like this:

Obama is the first President never to have had a year of 3% or better economic growth: "... annual growth during Obama’s “recovery” has never topped 3%. By comparison, it never fell below 3% during the Reagan recovery. And in the nine years following the 1990-91 recession, GDP grew faster than 3% in all but two. Heck, even Jimmy Carter had some strong growth years." http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/with-gdp-downgrade-obama-growth-gap-expands/
a. "The years since 2007 have been a macroeconomic disaster for the United States of a magnitude unprecedented since the Great Depression." Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt
b. ".... first president since Hoover to never have a single year above 3% GDP growth." Obama economy is 'amazing,' says hedge fund billionaire


And re-elect the dunce after this...

. "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted) median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs...-during-recovery-during-recession_750068.html


Clearly, this is the outcome one must expect from progressive policies.....
....but they are incapable of learning.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

As we enact this legislation in Congress meant for how to pay all progressives who hold government positions/jobs we can call it the PAPA Progressive Affordable Pay Act.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here we go: Marxism on the menu......

An earlier thread was about testing socialism...
Socialism Gets Tested
wherein Gravity Payments, a multimillion dollar credit card company, decided to pay every employee the same $70,000; fighting 'income inequality.

Seems to have worked, at least they're still in business...a win for socialism!



1. This one is about a restaurant "in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner,....the restaurant’s founder, Ryan Cappelletti, told a local news outlet why he had chosen a communist-inspired business model for the restaurant:
“Because of our economy, people are working 12-to-15 hour shifts, servers take home $200 to $300 a night in tips, the cooks are making $10 an hour and the owner takes whatever he takes. We’re going to have equal pay and equal say across the board. Everyone working together.”

The restaurant had no bosses, and decisions were made collectively by the staff. The workers decided when to open and close, leading to highly irregular hours. Customers might come to the establishment to eat only to find it closed.

All workers were paid a “living wage,” meaning relatively unskilled workers would earn just as much as workers with more skills. Moreover, customers were not allowed to tip–meaning there was really no way for workers to be rewarded for exceptional service or work.


Not surprisingly, this meant the restaurant experienced higher costs and lower revenues.


Patrons often complained not just about the hours, but of the sometimes 40 minute wait to receive a sandwich.
To add to the ambience and the “collective” spirit of the business, Cappelletti had a mural of Che Guevara, Mao Zedong, and other famous communist leaders “tackling restaurant duties.” Marxism on the Menu: Why This Communist Restaurant Failed | Abigail Blanco




2. "Now putting a portrait of the man (Zedong) responsible for a famine that killed tens of millions of people in a restaurant reflects either a really dark sense of humor or complete ignorance of history and economics.

A recent example of what happens when one fails to understand these core economic principles occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner, announced it would close its doors at the end of last month despite a pleasing menu and offering hip vegan food options.
In addition to the food, the diner’s business model received a great deal of attention. While some politely say the diner’s means of operation were “progressive,” at least one media outlet referred to the establishment as “Marxist Vegan.” Ibid.



Well....in this case, looks like Bolshevism took one in the butt.

Capitalists were to blame for this failure

 

[PoliticalChic]

As we enact this legislation in Congress meant for how to pay all progressives who hold government positions/jobs we can call it the PACT Progressive Affordable Pay Act.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Let me provide this statement from a recovering Progressive, who suffered a dose of his own medicine...


"In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from this lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut’s Stratford Inn. … In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England just as I was acquiring the inn’s 43-year leasehold. I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender."
George McGovern How To Create Jobs, By George McGovern






Yet, this is what we keep getting from Progressives:

"Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ - Breitbart

 

[PoliticalChic]

4. Not one single collectivist doctrine endorses private property...not socialism, communism, Liberalism, or Progressivism....they believe "You didn't build that!"



"...something that’s “owned collectively” fails to establish the same incentives because no one has the exclusive rights to the property. The owner of a business incurs the wrath of failing to satisfy customers by way of his bottom line. Rightly, he will do what he can to satisfy customers and increase his profit and help himself.

So while a sole proprietor with his “skin in the game” knows what’s on the line should his business fail, the workers at the diner stood to lose comparatively less should the operation fold. They didn’t face the same incentives.


....sooner or later, market forces will find you. That’s the thing about those pesky prices and profit and loss signals. While they never fail to reward you for producing something that provides value to your fellow man, they’re quick to slap you square in the face with your failures." Marxism on the Menu: Why This Communist Restaurant Failed | Abigail Blanco

Each customer received a highly praised vegan dish and “a side of Che Guevara” with every order.
Communist Vegan Cafe Owners Wake Up and Smell the Coffee About Why Their Business Model Sucks

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I bet they had some really great Chefs at ten bucks an hour....

 

[PoliticalChic]

5. Let's re-visit the Lenin lunchwagon....

"Murals of the communist party 'stars' and social justice fists peered down at diners— a needed distraction to occupy the often 40-minute wait for a simple sandwich.


... Michigan Live reports that the Garden Diner & Cafe, also known as Bartertown Cafe, became a victim of its own ideological 'success': Not only was the menu unconventional, so was the business model. Bartertown was a collective, which meant there were no bosses... Employees would be expected to join the union, Industrial Workers of the World, he said.


Now, the communist-inspired and run restaurant has closed its doors, unintentionally bringing to life Karl Marx's maxim, “Abolish all private property.”



Heat Street reports that part of the reason why the five-year-old eatery failed was due to the collectivist way in which employees ran the business— which left customers utterly baffled:

People frequently noted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that they waited more than 40 minutes for a sandwich—and that’s when the diner was even open. Because the employees set the shop’s hours by group decision, the restaurant opened and closed at random times, leaving potential sandwich buyers totally confused. Customers also complained that the restaurants “equal pay, no tipping” scheme failed to reward exceptional service..." Communist Vegan Cafe Owners Wake Up and Smell the Coffee About Why Their Business Model Sucks

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Shame our Progressives are uneducated regarding Socialisms 100% guaranteed fail

 

[NYcarbineer]

Here we go: Marxism on the menu......

An earlier thread was about testing socialism...
Socialism Gets Tested
wherein Gravity Payments, a multimillion dollar credit card company, decided to pay every employee the same $70,000; fighting 'income inequality.

Seems to have worked, at least they're still in business...a win for socialism!



1. This one is about a restaurant "in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner,....the restaurant’s founder, Ryan Cappelletti, told a local news outlet why he had chosen a communist-inspired business model for the restaurant:
“Because of our economy, people are working 12-to-15 hour shifts, servers take home $200 to $300 a night in tips, the cooks are making $10 an hour and the owner takes whatever he takes. We’re going to have equal pay and equal say across the board. Everyone working together.”

The restaurant had no bosses, and decisions were made collectively by the staff. The workers decided when to open and close, leading to highly irregular hours. Customers might come to the establishment to eat only to find it closed.

All workers were paid a “living wage,” meaning relatively unskilled workers would earn just as much as workers with more skills. Moreover, customers were not allowed to tip–meaning there was really no way for workers to be rewarded for exceptional service or work.


Not surprisingly, this meant the restaurant experienced higher costs and lower revenues.


Patrons often complained not just about the hours, but of the sometimes 40 minute wait to receive a sandwich.
To add to the ambience and the “collective” spirit of the business, Cappelletti had a mural of Che Guevara, Mao Zedong, and other famous communist leaders “tackling restaurant duties.” Marxism on the Menu: Why This Communist Restaurant Failed | Abigail Blanco




2. "Now putting a portrait of the man (Zedong) responsible for a famine that killed tens of millions of people in a restaurant reflects either a really dark sense of humor or complete ignorance of history and economics.

A recent example of what happens when one fails to understand these core economic principles occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Garden Diner and Café, formerly known as the Butchertown Diner, announced it would close its doors at the end of last month despite a pleasing menu and offering hip vegan food options.
In addition to the food, the diner’s business model received a great deal of attention. While some politely say the diner’s means of operation were “progressive,” at least one media outlet referred to the establishment as “Marxist Vegan.” Ibid.



Well....in this case, looks like Bolshevism took one in the butt.

Ironic coming from someone who by her own admission neither works nor pays for her own keep.

 

[PoliticalChic]

6. "On Reddit, there was plenty of Monday morning quarterbacking about how the restaurant could have made it if the 'workers' had gone light on communist indoctrination and heavier on simple business principles:
"They made some huge show of how they are paying a 'living wage' and how the profits are split with all of the workers, because they are virtuous and 'progressive.'
The problem is that they were not meeting the bottom line. The owner didn't understand that running a business is expensive and you can't survive on smug virtue-signaling especially when they were getting less than stellar reviews."

“I wonder if people were perhaps turned off by having to look at mass murderers while eating.”
“I never had poor service there, but the hours were ass and the menus was pretty inconsistent. ...[T]hey didn't keep a regular schedule.”

The 'owner' of the restaurant is now trying to get someone to take over his 10-year lease."
" Communist Vegan Cafe Owners Wake Up and Smell the Coffee About Why Their Business Model Sucks

 

[PoliticalChic]

7. The following epitaph with reference to the Communist Diner serves double duty:
...the epitaph could have been for Obama's tenure, as well:


"Ultimately, the restaurant's popularity among social justice warriors proved unable to sustain its rickety business model — but its 5-year run suggests the social power of virtue signaling can balance poor economic practices for at least a while.


"Good riddance," wrote Reddit user Bikemarrow after news of the closing on November 30. "The concept was terrible. Hours lousy. Service unacceptable."
"They were too concerned with the whole ... 'social justice' angle, and seemed to not care if they had a viable product. You cant make payroll and your bills with Facebook and Tublr 'likes,'" the Reddit user declared. "Now the staff is unemployed. That's the real shame!" Marxist Vegan Bartertown/The Garden Diner Closes After Bad Service Complaints


Obama:
...popularity among social justice warriors proved unable to sustain its rickety business model ...
...too concerned with the whole ... 'social justice' angle, and seemed to not care if they had a viable product.

"Good riddance"

 

[Damaged Eagle]

As we enact this legislation in Congress meant for how to pay all progressives who hold government positions/jobs we can call it the PACT Progressive Affordable Pay Act.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Let me provide this statement from a recovering Progressive, who suffered a dose of his own medicine...


"In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from this lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut’s Stratford Inn. … In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England just as I was acquiring the inn’s 43-year leasehold. I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender."
George McGovern How To Create Jobs, By George McGovern






Yet, this is what we keep getting from Progressives:

"Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ - Breitbart

These progressives need to learn to live by their own rules or join my crew as a fledgling pirate.

Argh!!!!! If they want to be capitalists like myself, because pirates are true capitalists, then they need to learn to heave to and hoist those colors! And since I'm the captain that means they'll be working for me and that means it's ten shares for me and only one for thee when we be divvying up the treasure.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[PoliticalChic]

As we enact this legislation in Congress meant for how to pay all progressives who hold government positions/jobs we can call it the PACT Progressive Affordable Pay Act.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Let me provide this statement from a recovering Progressive, who suffered a dose of his own medicine...


"In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from this lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut’s Stratford Inn. … In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England just as I was acquiring the inn’s 43-year leasehold. I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender."
George McGovern How To Create Jobs, By George McGovern






Yet, this is what we keep getting from Progressives:

"Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ - Breitbart

These progressives need to learn to live by their own rules or join my crew as a fledgling pirate.

Argh!!!!! If they want to be capitalists like myself, because pirates are true capitalists, then they need to learn to heave to and hoist those colors! And since I'm the captain that means they'll be working for me and that means it's ten shares for me and only one for thee when we be divvying up the treasure.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Can we find 'Progressive' in there.....or, maybe found under 'FOOL'???

 

[PoliticalChic]

As we enact this legislation in Congress meant for how to pay all progressives who hold government positions/jobs we can call it the PACT Progressive Affordable Pay Act.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Let me provide this statement from a recovering Progressive, who suffered a dose of his own medicine...


"In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from this lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut’s Stratford Inn. … In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England just as I was acquiring the inn’s 43-year leasehold. I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender."
George McGovern How To Create Jobs, By George McGovern






Yet, this is what we keep getting from Progressives:

"Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ Joe Biden: ‘I’ve Never Been Gainfully Employed In My Life’ - Breitbart

These progressives need to learn to live by their own rules or join my crew as a fledgling pirate.

Argh!!!!! If they want to be capitalists like myself, because pirates are true capitalists, then they need to learn to heave to and hoist those colors! And since I'm the captain that means they'll be working for me and that means it's ten shares for me and only one for thee when we be divvying up the treasure.

*****CHUCKLE*****

"Marxism rested on the assumption that the condition of the working classes would grow ever worse under capitalism, that there would be but two classes: one small and rich, the other vast and increasingly impoverished, and revolution would be the anodyne that would result in the “common good.”

But by the early 20th century, it was clear that this assumption was completely wrong! Under capitalism, the standard of living of all was improving: prices falling, incomes rising, health and sanitation improving, lengthening of life spans, diets becoming more varied, the new jobs created in industry paid more than most could make in agriculture, housing improved, and middle class industrialists and business owners displaced nobility and gentry as heroes."
From a speech by Rev. Robert A. Sirico, President, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.
Delivered at Hillsdale College, October 27, 2006