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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"In 1987 I had a radical idea: What if coffee cost $6 and tasted like a cigarette?
"In 1987 I had a radical idea: What if coffee cost $6 and tasted like a cigarette? I think we can all agree this innovation means I should have more money than every public school teacher combined.Link to tweet
Even better: Let's elect this moron as our next president!
Moostache
(9,895 posts)The problem is not just money. It really comes down to the simple fact that a functioning economy requires liquidity of the currency and circulation of it on goods and services to produce the supply and demand in the first place. When too few people control and consolidate too much of the capital, the system is incapable of self-correction. It will basically become a zero-sum game and those with the overwhelmingly high percentage of the capital will attempt to control it all, effecting a complete breakdown of the basic market premise that supply and demand will set prices and incentivize the people to perform as rational actors. A man working 3 jobs and 90 hours a week to barely eke out rent and food for another month is NOT a rational actor, he is indentured and essentially a wage slave. Greater freedom and prosperity lie in greater equitability in distributed purchasing power. Freaking Henry Ford knew this 100+ years ago...
Bottom line is this, for a global economy to function, everyone worth greater than $500M should be taxed on the accumulated wealth above $50M that is not recirculated into the overall economy at a 90% annual marginal rate. Hoarding capital, in the hopes of purchasing political power with it, is killing the golden goose already; changing the equation is the only hope to save the system - by transforming it into regulated capitalism via injected purchasing power to the masses at the expense of the billionaire class.
No one should be a billionaire, anywhere, at anytime.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)They understand me at McDonalds, at Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons. But Starbucks? I might as well speak Klingon.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)How about the guy that failed at putting water in a plastic bottle?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)Oh, wait, he bankrupted a casino, which is virtually impossible!
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)I'm a peace loving person but he makes me want to punch his ugly grinning face every time I see it.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)I didn't even recognize him.
Where does he put his face?
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)But we already knew that didn't we.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)And selling water in containers has existed in various forms over hundreds of years but Perrier is credited with making it popular as we know it when they started selling sparkling mineral water in plastic bottles in the 70s.
dsc
(52,162 posts)I don't drink coffee so I have no knowledge one way or the other but if it tasted bad it wouldn't sell.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)They're known for fancier drinks like lattes, frappuchinos, iced drinks, etc.
I always thought Starbucks coffee was very strong. Then someone told me they sell more iced coffee than hot coffee so I guess they brew it knowing most will be watered down by ice.
I do love me a PSL though.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)but their regular coffee is pretty terrible. People get their flavored drinks like pumpkin spice lattes loaded with sugar, salt, fat, and calories
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)Maybe that's why they try to sell a lot of fancy, overpriced coffee drinks with a lot of sugar, cream and other flavorings.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)1,200 calorie venti mocha chocolatte frapalicious raspberry caramel liquid sugar rush.
With skim milk.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The coffee at Starbucks is reasonably priced.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)If you don't like their regular blend (Pike) you can ask for light roast. It's always available.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And Schultz has done some positive things in his life, but I hope he doesn't run for POTUS.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)I had a roommate who had to cobble together part time jobs while she was finishing up her college degree. One of the jobs was at Starbucks. Between what she was paid hourly and the tip jar that everyone split, she was making about $14 an hour. That's considerably better than most part time jobs.
Unlike most employers, they offered health insurance to their part time workers. Emloyees had to pay for part of the premiums, but most employers don't offer health insurance to part timers at all.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Might go over with some, but I certainly hope this ploy fails him miserably.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)There are people with daily Starbucks habits and choose where to live based on proximity to a Starbucks.
I had no idea where my nearest Starbucks was until I was given a gift card this Christmas. And there was a line of people waiting to buy stuff. Millennials even use the app to skip the line.
Dude got rich off these people.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)maybe he's one of those guys who gets conservative as he gets richer. He did do some good things but now he admires Reagan because he wore a suit coat in the oval? WTF?
I think we should steal this "quote" and float it as if it were real. No, that's what Donald would do. See how hard it is?