Restaurants are adding labor surcharges to help offset minimum wage increases

[sealybobo]

This is why corporations should be paying more taxes not less. We spend a lot of money so Pepsi can sell their shit safely around the globe.

Heh.... we could bill them per war, I guess.

Or we could cancel the rent-an-army business plan. Use our military to protect our country and let the banksters fend for themselves.

Funny nothing's simple. For example if we dont police the world maybe Germany and Japan have to start defending themselves but how did that work out last time.

OK then Germany and Japan should be paying a defense bill. Europe too. And Canada and Australia and Iraq

I can't believe the Russians backing the Taliban

We haven`t been policing the world since 1945 and i don`t think Iraq should be paying us for wrecking their country and killing at least 100,000 innocent people. Canada and Australia should pay us for what? They mind their own business and that`s why no one wants to fly planes into their skyscrapers.

Send Canada a bill??? You're out of your freaking mind. We should be billing you for the pollution to the Great Lakes, and our water supply, acid rain.

The rest of the world should be BILLING THE USA for the mess in the Middle East which has created the greatest humanitarian crisis since WWII, which has seen millions leave their homes in search of safety. The rest of the world should bill the USA for ISIS and the damage they have caused. You made this huge mess, displacing millions of people, and then the US refuses to take in the refugees they created.

You've got a lot of gall suggesting that the current destabilization of the Middle East isn't all on your shoulders, with the Gulf and Iraq Wars. The rest of the world is paying YOUR BILL in terrorism and death while you refuse to take in anyone.

The rest of the world should be glad the USA does not simply declare ownership of the world's sea lanes and start charging tolls.

Reagan declared we own 100 miles out

Funny nothing's simple. For example if we dont police the world maybe Germany and Japan have to start defending themselves but how did that work out last time.

OK then Germany and Japan should be paying a defense bill. Europe too. And Canada and Australia and Iraq

I can't believe the Russians backing the Taliban

We haven`t been policing the world since 1945 and i don`t think Iraq should be paying us for wrecking their country and killing at least 100,000 innocent people. Canada and Australia should pay us for what? They mind their own business and that`s why no one wants to fly planes into their skyscrapers.

Send Canada a bill??? You're out of your freaking mind. We should be billing you for the pollution to the Great Lakes, and our water supply, acid rain.

The rest of the world should be BILLING THE USA for the mess in the Middle East which has created the greatest humanitarian crisis since WWII, which has seen millions leave their homes in search of safety. The rest of the world should bill the USA for ISIS and the damage they have caused. You made this huge mess, displacing millions of people, and then the US refuses to take in the refugees they created.

You've got a lot of gall suggesting that the current destabilization of the Middle East isn't all on your shoulders, with the Gulf and Iraq Wars. The rest of the world is paying YOUR BILL in terrorism and death while you refuse to take in anyone.

Canada has been riding our coattails for years. They don't have to have a military because we deal with it. Let's be honest. Now there's a benefit to being the world superpower but you also take a lot of shit for it.

I agree George Bush and Chaney and haloburton are an example of how our government has been taken over by the elites and corporations. I'm not arguing with you invading Iraq was a huge mistake but not to haloburton it wasn't

What are we protecting Canada from? A polar bear invasion?

In our 150 years of being a country, we have never been invaded. And we do have a military. Our military was in Afghanistan for more than 11 years. We participated in both WWI and WWII from THE BEGINNING.

If the US wasn't so busy telling other countries what kind of government they can or cannot have, they wouldn't need a huge military either. Your military expenditures are a choice Americans made, to protect American corporate interests ahead of their people at home.

You have problems with infrastructure, education and health care precisely because you are so focussed on being a world super power. The cost of your empire building is now so great that it's destroying your country. Ask the Ancient Romas how that works.

They hate hearing third party opinions. Especially opinions that agree with liberal Americans. You hit the nail on the head about our military policing the world and how that benefits the corporations who want to sell their stuff all over the world.

You know what's funny? American workers did better before a global market. Why is that? American companies only sold to Americans and they did very well. Then we passed free trade so these corporations could make more profits, and somehow our wages went down. That's because those corporations saw they could make their stuff in Mexico and China so much cheaper than here and then ship it back to sell it to Americans who they refuse to employ.

And don't you love it how Republicans say BILL CLINTON signed NAFTA but it was the Republicans who drafted and put the damn bill in front of Clinton to begin with. Republicans invented NAFTA for the benefit of Corporations.

Free trade done right, there is nothing wrong with that. But when GW Bush took over in 2000, he made a fair trade deal unfair. The Republicans passed so many laws and deregulated NAFTA so badly that corporations were actually given tax breaks to help them leave the country. Now I know Republicans forget this history and will deny it and say prove it, but they are just partisan hacks who wouldn't care even if I could prove it, which I could. And now Trump says he's anti free trade and will tariff companies who leave. Will he? So far he's broken all the other campaign promises.

 

[sealybobo]

begging the question is not debate, only fallacy.

Didn't ask for a debate, asked only for an answer which you have none. I didn't think you thought your statement through and it turns out I was right.

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

Good. So you do realize this "restaurants adding surcharges" is alt right fake news. Good for you. You are correct Papa. Just raise the price of your burrito and let people decide if they can afford the extra $1.

I go to Tim Horton coffee. $1.96 for a large. Used to be $1.75. The extra $21 cents hasn't stopped me from going there. I'm sure some of that price increase was to pay for employees. So what? I'd pay $2.25 for the coffee. The drive through and walk in lines are long in the morning.

 

[Dragonlady]

Trump imposed a tariff on German Steel last week. It didn't go over well with the German government. I expect retaliation.

It should be noted that China is already courting Mexican trade, if Trump pulls out of NAFTA. China is flashing a lot of foreign aid money to Mexico and South America, offering to partner with them on infrastructure construction. The sort of thing the US did when it ran a trade surplus.

 

[danielpalos]

begging the question is not debate, only fallacy.

Didn't ask for a debate, asked only for an answer which you have none. I didn't think you thought your statement through and it turns out I was right.

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

People say, "I didn't want Hillary because she would just be the same old same old". Yes, that is true. She would have continued steady growth. She would have continued to protect unions and social security. She would have doubled the debt but so will Trump. She would continue pushing free trade but that's because free trade is inevitable. She would have not won the war on terror but neither will Trump. But she would not have given massive tax breaks to the rich, which Trump will give. She would have insisted on making college affordable and fixing healthcare.

About doubling the debt.......guess who started it:

.....................................................Total U S Debt......................................................

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)

09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38( Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)((Reagan Slashed Tax Rates To Pre Depression Levels)
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

Somehow you left this out. I can't imagine how.

Shucks!!!

I was just trying to point out that if George W. Bush hadn't immediately started working on tax cuts for the rich we wouldn't even have a national debt:

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32(Bill Clinton raised taxes on the rich)
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

George W. Bush is/was a progressive… Shit for brains

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Bad Omen to Start Our Terminal Century

Until Americans identify both Bush and Gore as pre-positioned HeirHeads and ignore the specious spectrum concocted long ago in the prep schools, they deserve disintegration.

 

[Papageorgio]

Didn't ask for a debate, asked only for an answer which you have none. I didn't think you thought your statement through and it turns out I was right.

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

Good. So you do realize this "restaurants adding surcharges" is alt right fake news. Good for you. You are correct Papa. Just raise the price of your burrito and let people decide if they can afford the extra $1.

I go to Tim Horton coffee. $1.96 for a large. Used to be $1.75. The extra $21 cents hasn't stopped me from going there. I'm sure some of that price increase was to pay for employees. So what? I'd pay $2.25 for the coffee. The drive through and walk in lines are long in the morning.

It's not fake news, places are adding the surcharge, that is true. I don't care for it, to me it is a scam. As far as coffee, I make it at home and that saves me money and it tastes better.

 

[Papageorgio]

Didn't ask for a debate, asked only for an answer which you have none. I didn't think you thought your statement through and it turns out I was right.

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

 

[sealybobo]

About doubling the debt.......guess who started it:

.....................................................Total U S Debt......................................................

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)

09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38( Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)((Reagan Slashed Tax Rates To Pre Depression Levels)
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

Somehow you left this out. I can't imagine how.

Shucks!!!

I was just trying to point out that if George W. Bush hadn't immediately started working on tax cuts for the rich we wouldn't even have a national debt:

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32(Bill Clinton raised taxes on the rich)
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

George W. Bush is/was a progressive… Shit for brains

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Bad Omen to Start Our Terminal Century

Until Americans identify both Bush and Gore as pre-positioned HeirHeads and ignore the specious spectrum concocted long ago in the prep schools, they deserve disintegration.

Remember how stupid Americans voted for bush because they didn't love gore? How bad of a decision was that? It was the worst.

I think going for trump over hillary as a mistake too. All the shit trumps going to do hilllary wouldn't have done. And so far other than banning Muslims trump hasn't done squat.

 

[sealybobo]

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

Today this guy was explaining on the radio how Democracy isn't enough. You have to have Liberal Democracy. If you look to Russia you see they have a Democracy, right?

Liberal democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism. It is also called western democracy. It is characterised by fair, free, and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into different branches of government, the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society, and the equal protection of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms for all people. To define the system in practice, liberal democracies often draw upon a constitution, either formally written or uncodified, to delineate the powers of government and enshrine the social contract. After a period of sustained expansion throughout the 20th century, liberal democracy became the predominant political system in the world.

Francis Fukuyama On Why Liberal Democracy Is In Trouble

 

[danielpalos]

You can't be right, but twice a day, with a fallacy of "begging the question". why not try a real argument instead? to much, "competition"?

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

A surcharge is a "market friendly metric". Maybe you can ask management to, "internalize" their surcharge at places you frequent, due to your political concerns.

 

[Papageorgio]

You won't participate in an argument, you resort to silly outdated cliches. I don't compete with you, I don't compete with those that can't answer simple questions and divert to silly cliches. At least I am right two times a day, which is two more times a day than you.

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

A surcharge is a "market friendly metric". Maybe you can ask management to, "internalize" their surcharge at places you frequent, due to your political concerns.

How is being quoted a price and then have a surcharge added after "market friendly"? I want the places I frequent to be "customer friendly" not "market friendly". My political concerns have nothing to do with the surcharge, surcharges are another way for a business to nickel and dime you and it isn't just this surcharge, you have fuel surcharges, convenience fees, restocking fees and on and on.

Tell you what, you can pay my surcharges, my convenience fees and so on since you seem to like the deception of the business.

 

[danielpalos]

so what if restaurants add labor surcharges; it makes it that much easier to study, afterward.

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

A surcharge is a "market friendly metric". Maybe you can ask management to, "internalize" their surcharge at places you frequent, due to your political concerns.

How is being quoted a price and then have a surcharge added after "market friendly"? I want the places I frequent to be "customer friendly" not "market friendly". My political concerns have nothing to do with the surcharge, surcharges are another way for a business to nickel and dime you and it isn't just this surcharge, you have fuel surcharges, convenience fees, restocking fees and on and on.

Tell you what, you can pay my surcharges, my convenience fees and so on since you seem to like the deception of the business.

It is for marketing purposes.

 

[Campbell]

Somehow you left this out. I can't imagine how.

Shucks!!!

I was just trying to point out that if George W. Bush hadn't immediately started working on tax cuts for the rich we wouldn't even have a national debt:

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32(Bill Clinton raised taxes on the rich)
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

George W. Bush is/was a progressive… Shit for brains

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Conservatives and Republicans have no relation to each other...

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

 

[Papageorgio]

Why do we as a paying customer need to know what the cost of labor is? Add it to the price of the food, no games, no gimmicks, no political statements. You have many ways to calculate the cost of labor, food, and running a business, a surcharge is a business protesting the raise in wages. My reason for going to a restaurant is to eat and enjoy myself, not to deal with politics.

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

A surcharge is a "market friendly metric". Maybe you can ask management to, "internalize" their surcharge at places you frequent, due to your political concerns.

How is being quoted a price and then have a surcharge added after "market friendly"? I want the places I frequent to be "customer friendly" not "market friendly". My political concerns have nothing to do with the surcharge, surcharges are another way for a business to nickel and dime you and it isn't just this surcharge, you have fuel surcharges, convenience fees, restocking fees and on and on.

Tell you what, you can pay my surcharges, my convenience fees and so on since you seem to like the deception of the business.

It is for marketing purposes.

How is a surcharge a marketing tool? It's a deterrent.

 

[sealybobo]

Shucks!!!

I was just trying to point out that if George W. Bush hadn't immediately started working on tax cuts for the rich we wouldn't even have a national debt:

09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accommodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32(Bill Clinton raised taxes on the rich)
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

George W. Bush is/was a progressive… Shit for brains

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Conservatives and Republicans have no relation to each other...

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

He signed NAFTA didn't he? That day he went along with conservatives and let us liberals down. In 1997 he deregister the media. He wasn't a very good liberal.

 

[Campbell]

George W. Bush is/was a progressive… Shit for brains

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Conservatives and Republicans have no relation to each other...

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

He signed NAFTA didn't he? That day he went along with conservatives and let us liberals down. In 1997 he deregister the media. He wasn't a very good liberal.

You guys just couldn't stand it because for two terms the nation prospered. Clinton balanced the budget and left a surplus. Not to worry.....the first thing George W. Bush did was two tax cuts for his rich buds, and two hot wars. I might mention that he invaded Saddam Hussein to teach him to leave his Daddy alone. Bush also doubled the national debt....if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[Rustic]

Fuck you and George Bush......he's a Republican.....that's more than enough for me to hate his right wing ass.

Conservatives and Republicans have no relation to each other...

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

He signed NAFTA didn't he? That day he went along with conservatives and let us liberals down. In 1997 he deregister the media. He wasn't a very good liberal.

You guys just couldn't stand it because for two terms the nation prospered. Clinton balanced the budget and left a surplus. Not to worry.....the first thing George W. Bush did was two tax cuts for his rich buds, and two hot wars. I might mention that he invaded Saddam Hussein to teach him to leave his Daddy alone. Bush also doubled the national debt....if you're into that sort of thing.

Shit faced, The county has been into much debt to pay back for many, many decades now. There was not a surplus you dumbass motherfucker.

 

[sealybobo]

Conservatives and Republicans have no relation to each other...

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

He signed NAFTA didn't he? That day he went along with conservatives and let us liberals down. In 1997 he deregister the media. He wasn't a very good liberal.

You guys just couldn't stand it because for two terms the nation prospered. Clinton balanced the budget and left a surplus. Not to worry.....the first thing George W. Bush did was two tax cuts for his rich buds, and two hot wars. I might mention that he invaded Saddam Hussein to teach him to leave his Daddy alone. Bush also doubled the national debt....if you're into that sort of thing.

Shit faced, The county has been into much debt to pay back for many, many decades now. There was not a surplus you dumbass motherfucker.

You must not understand the difference between debt and deficit. Conservatives make this mistake all the time. Clinton had a surplus.

This reminds me of unemployment. When Obama is president, unemployment isn't really 4.5% but when Trump is president on day one and unemployment goes down 1%, now all of the sudden it's real.

Bush admitted we had a surplus so why won't you? Bush: Surplus Justifies Tax Cut

 

[Rustic]

Bullshit. There's just different levels of conservative.

Bill Clinton and Reagan were liberal Republicans compared to rubio and Chris Christie or kasich and Cruz is more conservative than them but then you have Rand Paul.

All conservatives and all Republicans

Even Hillary loves wallstreet remember? And Obama loves GE. You cared but now walls Treet and GE are the white house. How hypocritical

If you believe Bill Clinton was any kind of conservative you don't have a clue.

He signed NAFTA didn't he? That day he went along with conservatives and let us liberals down. In 1997 he deregister the media. He wasn't a very good liberal.

You guys just couldn't stand it because for two terms the nation prospered. Clinton balanced the budget and left a surplus. Not to worry.....the first thing George W. Bush did was two tax cuts for his rich buds, and two hot wars. I might mention that he invaded Saddam Hussein to teach him to leave his Daddy alone. Bush also doubled the national debt....if you're into that sort of thing.

Shit faced, The county has been into much debt to pay back for many, many decades now. There was not a surplus you dumbass motherfucker.

You must not understand the difference between debt and deficit. Conservatives make this mistake all the time. Clinton had a surplus.

This reminds me of unemployment. When Obama is president, unemployment isn't really 4.5% but when Trump is president on day one and unemployment goes down 1%, now all of the sudden it's real.

Bush admitted we had a surplus so why won't you? Bush: Surplus Justifies Tax Cut

Deficit is just another name to cover up the debt from year-to-year. The fact remains this country has been in debt for many, many decades. Either you're in debt or you're not...
You can put any spin on it you want, it is far too large to be paid back thanks to career politicians...

 

[danielpalos]

so the left wing won't have to waste our time, debunking right wing hearsay and soothsay regarding price inflation.

I am just as worried about left wing lies as I am right wing lies. Extremist are more prone to lying, it does not matter which side of the aisle they are on.

A surcharge is a "market friendly metric". Maybe you can ask management to, "internalize" their surcharge at places you frequent, due to your political concerns.

How is being quoted a price and then have a surcharge added after "market friendly"? I want the places I frequent to be "customer friendly" not "market friendly". My political concerns have nothing to do with the surcharge, surcharges are another way for a business to nickel and dime you and it isn't just this surcharge, you have fuel surcharges, convenience fees, restocking fees and on and on.

Tell you what, you can pay my surcharges, my convenience fees and so on since you seem to like the deception of the business.

It is for marketing purposes.

How is a surcharge a marketing tool? It's a deterrent.

not if the fine print says, taxes and surcharges, not included.