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MAY 21, 2004 03:38 PM
Michael_DeSade
Seattle, WA
OLD SKOOL
MAY 21, 2004 05:44 PM
prnkstrss said:
Sadistic_Bastard said:
Dear people-who-take-things-way-too-seriously,
It was a sarcastic joke. If you didn't get it, you are probably a Socialist. I'll explain it for the liberals: unionization raises business costs which are then passed on to the consumer, so the ridiculous prices Starbucks charges for a cup of coffee will rise to stupifying new heights, i.e $12.
If only a sense of humor was as cheap, the CE boards would be a lot more fun.
Love and other indoor sports,
S_B
Care to back up your assertion please? If for anything but to further humor me? 
If all you care about is the bottom line and cheap prices, why not just roll back laws against child labor...it's not like children need real wages to live on, just that extra money for their playstation games and playground crack dealers.
Unionization of the employees is done with one goal in mind: raise the compensation of the union members. This is done with wage increases and benefit packages (healthcare, retirement, stock options). The company employing the union workers have two ways they can pay for this added cost of labor. They can reduce the amount of profit they take from their gross sales, or they can add it to the price of their product.
Yes, the amount of a cup of 'union' coffee was exaggerated intentionally. More as a comment on Starbucks high prices than on the actual cost that union wages would add. However, your attempt to 'strawman' this argument was just pitiful.
Get a sense of humor, will ya?
[Edited on May 21, 2004 by Sadistic_Bastard]
smithers_jones
I'm lost
November 2003
MAY 21, 2004 01:42 PM