tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post5324608046327688993..comments2024-02-29T05:25:33.729-08:00Comments on Voices Inside My Head: Thoughts on the new Timmy Burgerheresolonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-63275042336575424652014-09-09T20:36:32.663-07:002014-09-09T20:36:32.663-07:00Or more likely this. Robots will take your order,...Or more likely this. Robots will take your order, replacing the high school kid trying to earn a few bucks to take his girl to the movies.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfKbaX4jE9Uheresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-86215681604702793782014-09-09T19:31:48.306-07:002014-09-09T19:31:48.306-07:00This has some even more serious potential repercus...This has some even more serious potential repercussions, IMHO.<br /><br />Corporations don't pay taxes at all really - they just add them into their costs and pass them on. Combine confiscatory taxes with this proposed minimum wage hike to $15.00/hour...and you will see a lot more BK's closing as well. When corporations can't pass these added costs that add no value to their products - losses result.<br />There is some justice in it, however. Those that vote for liberals and Donks are the low income, low information voters that are getting hardest hit by all this socialist hopey-changiness.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-51571413564462861172014-09-09T06:28:11.192-07:002014-09-09T06:28:11.192-07:00Which, now that I think about it, makes my point e...Which, now that I think about it, makes my point even stronger. The left is beating their chests about the fact that a foreign owned company has their headquarters in a foreign country.<br /><br />Maybe that was the point you were making?<br /><br />Brings up an interesting thought on the concept of patriotism, however. For years the left has mocked patriotism as the remnants of a bygone era, practiced only by redneck clingers, yet here they are, announcing that it is unpatriotic for companies to leave America to save money. Once again the left twists definitions to suit their preferred agenda.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-33445532206462752332014-09-09T06:11:39.629-07:002014-09-09T06:11:39.629-07:00Brazil = europe.
The point is, "foreign ow...Brazil = europe. <br /><br />The point is, "foreign owned".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-83002562078720127852014-09-08T18:44:51.674-07:002014-09-08T18:44:51.674-07:00Loyalty? I don't give a rip about loyalty. I...Loyalty? I don't give a rip about loyalty. I rarely eat at Burger King and to the extent that I have brand loyalty to any company it is based on a quality product at a price I am willing to pay.<br /><br />This isn't about loyalty, it is about principles and basic economics. Higher tax rates encourage businesses and individuals to find ways to avoid those tax rates. The Laffer Curve clearly demonstrates (and is widely accepted amongst economists not named Paul Krugman) that at a certain point higher tax rates results in lower return. The higher you raise rates the more time people spend trying to avoid them. <br /><br />Burger King leaving has nothing to do with loyalty and everything to do with common sense. Move your headquarters and benefit your shareholders by 14%. <br /><br />My suspicion is that most shareholders would take that deal since they aren't investing out of some sense of loyalty but out of a desire to make some money. I have not issue with that.<br /><br />As far as European ownership, not sure where you got that. A quick Wikipedia search says that a Brazilian company owns a majority share of the publicly traded company. And as far as I know, I own some, since I have a 401k account or two.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064278226581061456.post-47230872641264049042014-09-08T12:50:14.766-07:002014-09-08T12:50:14.766-07:00BK isn't even American owned any more. So if ...BK isn't even American owned any more. So if we are going to throw loyalty at them then we are encouraging them to home-base in Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com