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Popular D.C. Burger Joint Forced to Shut Down

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Popular D.C. Burger Joint Forced to Shut Down « CBS DC

One of the D.C. area’s iconic burger joints is no more.

Ray’s Hell-Burger, where the likes of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and the Russian president have gone for a juicy burger, has been shut down after failing to pay its rent.

It's hard to keep a small business going in Obama's America. :(
 
we had a water main break in my town on Thursday, and i'm under a boil water order for the next few days. i'm left wondering whose fault it is.


my primary suspect :

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Popular D.C. Burger Joint Forced to Shut Down « CBS DC



It's hard to keep a small business going in Obama's America. :(

People had to pay rent in Bush's America too. The story makes no mention of any Obama policy hampering their ability to pay rent. DC certainly does not lack highly paid federal gov't employees that would make a fine customer base. Explain the linkage between Obama policy and this single restaurant no longer being profitable.
 
People had to pay rent in Bush's America too. The story makes no mention of any Obama policy hampering their ability to pay rent. DC certainly does not lack highly paid federal gov't employees that would make a fine customer base. Explain the linkage between Obama policy and this single restaurant no longer being profitable.

the pay for government workers in the DC area was not high enough, so people stopped going to the burger joint to eat. Obama should have increased their wages
 
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People had to pay rent in Bush's America too. The story makes no mention of any Obama policy hampering their ability to pay rent. DC certainly does not lack highly paid federal gov't employees that would make a fine customer base. Explain the linkage between Obama policy and this single restaurant no longer being profitable.

Obama literally has a magic wand he uses to destroy small businesses.
 
the pay for government workers in the DC area was not hight enough, so people stopped going to the burger joint to eat. Obama should have increased their wages

Yep. Obama has clearly not grown gov't enough to support continued burger sales. ;)
 
Obama literally has a magic wand he uses to destroy small businesses.

Yep. We need a burger stimulus bill ASAP! Tax credits (refundable?) should be issued immediately to ensure that we the sheeple can pig out on demand! ;)
 
Yet McDonald's and Booger King get away using horse meat and pink slime as additives and still make $millions. America knows what it wants.
 
I recognize that guy!!!!

Yep. He is that skeet hunting guy that shoots "all of the time" except while on vacation, on the golf course or in burger joints. ;)
 
People had to pay rent in Bush's America too. The story makes no mention of any Obama policy hampering their ability to pay rent. DC certainly does not lack high paid federal gov't employees that make a fine customer base. Explain the linkage between Obama policy and this single restaurant no longer being profitable.

So you're going to maintain that with higher costs of regulatory compliance, higher taxes, and higher costs of medical insurance coverage things are a lot easier now?

Small Business Economic Trends Survey - NFIB Optimism Index

Small Business Health Insurance: Costs Still Going Up - NYTimes.com

Small Business Regulations Surge Under Obama - Forbes

Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring
 
I recognize that guy!!!!

you should. he's the one who sneaks into your house and tangles all of the cables when you put them in a drawer. he's also responsible for unmatched socks.
 
Blame all those liberal vegans who came to town with Obama to replace those God-fearing steak eaters that are the hallmark of a Republican administration.

And Helix, the Obama administration's EPA will want to regulate your water main break as toxic waste.
 
you should. he's the one who sneaks into your house and tangles all of the cables when you put them in a drawer. he's also responsible for unmatched socks.

Had no idea. Gonna have to start locking the doors at night.....
 
So you're going to maintain that with higher costs of regulatory compliance, higher taxes, and higher costs of medical insurance coverage things are a lot easier now?

Small Business Economic Trends Survey - NFIB Optimism Index

Small Business Health Insurance: Costs Still Going Up - NYTimes.com

Small Business Regulations Surge Under Obama - Forbes

Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring

Not at all. You posted the story and made a SPECIFIC assertion about the cause of this restaurant's failure - back it up. Using general posts about related subjects are OK, iff they can be linked to the OP story. Are you asserting the PPACA costs are the issue here? If so, then lindly provide a link to support it, otherwise accept my point.
 
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you should. he's the one who sneaks into your house and tangles all of the cables when you put them in a drawer. he's also responsible for unmatched socks.

I will have to appologize to my clothesline and my dogs! ;)
 
Yep. He is that skeet hunting guy that shoots "all of the time" except while on vacation, on the golf course or in burger joints. ;)

Nope. That's not the guy i was thinking of. May have been mixing him up with some other fella. My bad...

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Nope. That's not the guy i was thinking of. May have been mixing him up with some other fella. My bad...

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You must be a racist and think that "they" all look alike. ;)
 
It's Michelle's fault, encouraging people to eat healthy, despicable!
 
Not at all. You posted the story and made a SPECIFIC assertion about the cause of this restaurant's failure - back it up. Using general posts about related subjects are OK, iff they can be linked to the OP story. Are you asserting the PPACA costs are the issue here? If so, then lindly provide a link to support it, otherwise accept my point.

Nope, you misread what I wrote. I just made a generic statement about small businesses. I didn't specifically connect it with this closing. There's nothing in the article to support that.

But I'd be willing to bet that Obama's policies had a lot to do with it.
 
Nope, you misread what I wrote. I just made a generic statement about small businesses. I didn't specifically connect it with this closing. There's nothing in the article to support that.

But I'd be willing to bet that Obama's policies had a lot to do with it.

Then you should be able to provide evidence, or pay off that bet. It is not up to us to prove a negative. ;)
 
Then you should be able to provide evidence, or pay off that bet. It is not up to us to prove a negative. ;)

Did you read my previous post? Apparently not. Thanks for that hack attempt.
 
You must be a racist and think that "they" all look alike. ;)

Absolutely not. Only some of them all look alike. And don't even get me started with those Asians!! Oy vey...!!!






(ok. Before all the cards and letters start rolling in.....I was kidding. Well, except for a couple of instances.)
 
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