Popular D.C. Burger Joint Forced to Shut Down

sangha · Feb 16, 2013

Cole said:
Have to agree with you overall on the conversation. When i was a little younger I had a "low level foliage height reduction" business. (mostly operated in the summers)

As i recall i never had any issues with government regulations either. Not sure what those other guys are even talkin' about.....

"low level foliage height reduction" business

Heh!

Not that I'm making fun of it. Unless you're born rich, you have to start small, and build from there

Fenton · Feb 16, 2013

grip said:
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.

Horses are "good eatin' "

Bronson · Feb 16, 2013

sangha said:
No, businesses do not operate at the margin. Poorly run businesses run at the margin.

This is hilarious. You don't even understand the economic concept. Operating margin = operating income/net sales. This is basic stuff that every business calculates. Major fail. Clearly you're a fraud. How embarrassing.

You can continue to repeat your dishonest claims about Obamacare, but you still haven't posted any actual real life example.

You're merely projecting here, because you can't answer simple straight forward questions. Like in the previous thread, the only thing you've accomplished here is undermining what little credibility and dignity you had left. It's safe to say you are now in the red in regards to both.

Have a great evening :2wave:

sangha · Feb 16, 2013

Bronson said:
This is hilarious. You don't even understand the economic concept. Operating margin = operating income/net sales. This is basic stuff that every business calculates. Major fail. Clearly you're a fraud. How embarrassing.

I see that you're not even familiar with the term, which is *not* "operating at the margin". "Operating margin" is the term, but it's not what you said. Your need to retroactively re-word your argument demosntrates the dishonesty and weakness of your argument.

You're merely projecting here, because you can't answer simple straight forward questions. Like in the previous thread, the only thing you've accomplished here is undermining what little credibility and dignity you had left. It's safe to say you are now in the red in regards to both.

Have a great evening :2wave:

And yet another post of yours which offers nothing substantive or factual. Instead, we have just one more in a long string of rants that offer nothing but ad homs.

Texmex · Feb 16, 2013

Bronson said:
Did you have a hotdog cart? What? How many employees do you have?

Again, if someone wants to expand their business beyond 50 employees, will Obamacare make that less difficult or more difficult?

Being forced to cut employee hours to 29 helps employees or hurts employees?

Most businesses that have 50 employees or more offer insurance, and those that don't should do so or shut down.

grip · Feb 16, 2013

Fenton said:
Horses are "good eatin' "

It's not the flavor that's a problem it's the meat quality for human consumption. Horse owners are not regulated from using certain animal chemicals possibly harmful to people.

Jerry · Feb 16, 2013

grip said:
It's not the flavor that's a problem it's the meat quality for human consumption. Horse owners are not regulated from using certain animal chemicals possibly harmful to people.

That said, most states still allow you to buy 44oz sodas, smoke and drink.

grip · Feb 16, 2013

Jerry said:
That said, most states still allow you to buy 44oz sodas, smoke and drink.

Those are contaminants of choice, people aren't being told they're eating horse with drugs.

Jerry · Feb 17, 2013

grip said:
Those are contaminants of choice, people aren't being told they're eating horse with drugs.

You're changing your argument. You said:

grip said:
It's not the flavor that's a problem it's the meat quality for human consumption. Horse owners are not regulated from using certain animal chemicals possibly harmful to people.

You said nothing about choice.

If you had meant choice you would have said:

grip said:
It's not the flavor that's a problem it's that people aren't being told they're eating horse with drugs.

Nice try at a dodge, though.

grip · Feb 17, 2013

Jerry said:
You're changing your argument. You said:

You said nothing about choice.

If you had meant choice you would have said:

Nice try at a dodge, though.

I'm not arguing or dodging. Horse meat has been mixed in with other meat and consumers were not told.
It's a simple statement of fact.

sangha · Feb 17, 2013

grip said:
I'm not arguing or dodging. Horse meat has been mixed in with other meat and consumers were not told.
It's a simple statement of fact.

And it is a choice issue because if people aren't told, then they aren't being given the choice to not eat horse meat

Jerrys' argument is weak and pedantic

grip · Feb 17, 2013

sangha said:
And it is a choice issue because if people aren't told, then they aren't being given the choice to not eat horse meat

Jerrys' argument is weak and pedantic

I only brought up the choice issue when he tried to compare it to soda, booze and cigarettes. We know pretty much what we're getting with those purchased items.

LowDown · Feb 17, 2013

MarineTpartier said:
He didn't build it anyway.:2razz:

Yeah, well, either way it's poor governance.

LowDown · Feb 17, 2013

grip said:
It's not the flavor that's a problem it's the meat quality for human consumption. Horse owners are not regulated from using certain animal chemicals possibly harmful to people.

You're saying that horse meat is not organic? Who'd a thunk it? :wow:

grip · Feb 17, 2013

LowDown said:
You're saying that horse meat is not organic? Who'd a thunk it? :wow:

Where and or how did you get that assumption from horse meat tainted with medications?

Oceandan · Feb 17, 2013

haymarket said:
Some guy fails to pay his bills and its the fault of the President. :shock::roll: Got it.

If I ever default on a bill when a Republican is at 1600 Penn, you just gave me the perfect excuse. Of course, its not really perfect now is it?

Sometimes complex concepts are difficult for citizens to grasp. If you have ever run a business you'd be much more equipped to discern the point. Liberals have never been able to attain the intelligence to realize regulation, taxation, and litigation are the bane to a strong free market capitalistic economy. Of course then again liberals think government spending and some term they invent called aggregate demand are REALVILLE.

LowDown · Feb 17, 2013

Fiddytree said:
I'm noticing a curious shift away from personal responsibility to a keen over-reliance on the federal government's policies, and it ain't the restaurant I'm talking about.

Sorry, but the fact of the matter is that small businesses face more difficult times as a result of government policies instituted by this President. That's just a fact. It stands to reason that some businesses that were getting by before won't be able to make it now.

A person would think that Obama's your child the way you guys jump to defend him from responsibility for anything.

LowDown · Feb 17, 2013

grip said:
Where and or how did you get that assumption from horse meat tainted with medications?

I was asking a question.

Helix · Feb 17, 2013

Helix said:
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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UPDATE :

the boil order has been lifted! thank you, Mr. President.

grip · Feb 17, 2013

LowDown said:
I was asking a question.

No, horses are made from polyester fibers and come in many colors, including plaid. :blink:

zimmer · Feb 17, 2013

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

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

A few things come to mind:

1. Obama's line that "now's not the time for profits".

That's what happens when there are no profits. If the owner made a pile... he would most likely have expanded. This is lost on Socialists like Obama and his followers... which leads me to...

2. He obviously didn't pay enough taxes... he needed to pay more. Let him beg to the government to help his business stay afloat.

and...

3. He probably needed to be regulated more.

I wonder... when is there going to be a Burger Joint bailout plan?

haymarket · Feb 17, 2013

Oceandan said:
Sometimes complex concepts are difficult for citizens to grasp. If you have ever run a business you'd be much more equipped to discern the point. Liberals have never been able to attain the intelligence to realize regulation, taxation, and litigation are the bane to a strong free market capitalistic economy. Of course then again liberals think government spending and some term they invent called aggregate demand are REALVILLE.

I had two businesses. Did rather well at them. I paid my tax obligation and obeyed the laws. So try again.

sangha · Feb 17, 2013

Oceandan said:
Sometimes complex concepts are difficult for citizens to grasp. If you have ever run a business you'd be much more equipped to discern the point. Liberals have never been able to attain the intelligence to realize regulation, taxation, and litigation are the bane to a strong free market capitalistic economy. Of course then again liberals think government spending and some term they invent called aggregate demand are REALVILLE.

Yet, oddly enough, the most successful economies in the world have significant levels of regulation, taxation and litigation.

LowDown · Feb 17, 2013

haymarket said:
I had two businesses. Did rather well at them. I paid my tax obligation and obeyed the laws. So try again.

So you're out of touch with conditions for businesses lately, I take it. Are you just going to completely deny that additional taxes and expenses connected to additional regulations and the cost of compliance as well as current and future medical insurance costs make it more difficult to get by?

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

sangha · Feb 17, 2013

LowDown said:
So you're out of touch with conditions for businesses lately, I take it. Are you just going to completely deny that additional taxes and expenses connected to additional regulations and the cost of compliance as well as current and future medical insurance costs make it more difficult to get by?

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

Running a business is hard work. There are a million details that need your attention. It's not something that everyone can do. for all their whining, the rightwingers still cant give one example of a viable business going under because of govt regulation

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