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Business fail 101.

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He is overtly sticking it to his customers because the government "stuck it" to him. You can accomplish the same thing, without the controversy, by raising everything on the menu 10 cents.

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(08-09-2014 11:28 AM)teh_skeeze Wrote:  He is overtly sticking it to his customers because the government "stuck it" to him. You can accomplish the same thing, without the controversy, by raising everything on the menu 10 cents.

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What an idiot. I bet his business was failing to begin with.

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Reminds me of inflation.

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The customer always pays, whether it shows up itemized on a receipt or not.

Quote:If the owner simply raised the menu prices, the owner would be taking the flak. By making the item explicit on the tab, the owner helps the customer understand why eating out is so expensive and why these "generous" policies actually work against both people like me and people like the servers.
Only some will get the message but it all helps.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/20...traged.php

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He must be in a ludicrously competitive area if a 35 cent rate hike requires notarized explanation.

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I'll just leave this little nugget by the National Front Against Austerity: http://againstausterity.org/

Quote:In light of calls for an $11/hr minimum wage, many libertarians have rushed to criticize the very concept of a minimum wage, as in this op-ed by "economist" Walter Williams, much beloved by Austrians as one of two prominent black feudal apologists (the other being Thomas Sowell): http://washingtonexaminer.com/walter-wil...le/2523335
Can't you see – without a minimum wage, these unskilled poor people could be kicked off welfare and be allowed to earn a living at $2.50 / hr or whatever the going rate. They can live 20 to an unheated room, start working as small children (since child labor laws and public education will also be repealed), and learn the value of hard work and discipline like all us rich guys. You know, like Rand Paul, the privileged son of a congressman doctor who spent his college years getting high and still went to med school.
Clearly, if we want full employment, we should forget about: Protective tariffs to bring back industrial and agricultural jobs; National banking to finance public infrastructure; A fair tax structure, starting with a 1% Wall Street Sales Tax; Public health insurance and social security; and especially a minimum wage. All these things distort the free market, which ensures that profits flow to those who deserve them – the rich.
The route to prosperity is to follow the example of the Venetian and British empires - bring everyone to the level of animals, force them to pay perpetual debt service to private banks, don't allow them to be educated or own anything, and maybe allow a few token worthies to rise to the top ranks where they too can get rich off the sweat of others.

   

Those guys are not socialists by a long stretch. Interest free money issuance and sensible tariffs coupled with good unions would suffice to bring in a new age of prosperity for the US that would make the success of the 1950s look like a depression.

That anti-minimum-wage arguments are useless. Countries like Switzerland have still protective tariffs even against EU imports right next to their border and they have the lowest tax structure in the developed world. Meanwhile they have fresh-off-the-boat-immigrant busboys earning 20-25$ / hour. If everyone is earning more without being undercut by various factors the restaurant can double prices and still thrive. Of course if only one part is of the economy subject to minimum wage and illegal immigrants can be hired without repercussions, over 1 million prisoners are answering AT&T calls (and doing other jobs) for 0,50 Cents/hour, imports from slave-labor countries are even subsidized by the local population and corporation get a free-pass no matter what labor violations they commit - then of course localized minimum wage is only going to hurt local businesses.

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The guy is getting free press. I agree adding onto menu items would go unnoticed but the guy did this to make a point and highlite government intrusion into his business. I dont know the law but Im guessing they are making them pay waitresses a min wage when traditionally they could be paid like 3 bucks an hour because they make money off tips not an hourly wage. The guy is trying to make a statement and has. He may lose customers he will also gain customers who agree with his point.