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Lion Eyes said:
Wonder if the kiosks get $15.00 an hour?
McDonald's hits all-time high as Wall Street cheers replacement of cashiers with kiosks Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017 | 1:45 PM ET | 00:39
McDonald's shares hit an all-time high on Tuesday as Wall Street expects sales to increase from new digital ordering kiosks that will replace cashiers in 2,500 restaurants.

Cowen raised its rating on McDonald's shares to outperform from market perform because of the technology upgrades, which are slated for the fast-food chain's restaurants this year.

McDonald's shares rallied 26 percent this year through Monday compared to the S&P 500's 10 percent return.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/20/mcdo...eers-replacement-of-cashiers-with-kiosks.html
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When will the customer base dry up due to automation, perennial low wages and the lack of jobs that will entail?
 
Lion Eyes said:
No it doesn't...
When Seattle officials voted three years ago to incrementally boost the city's minimum wage up to $15 an hour, they'd hoped to improve the lives of low-income workers. Yet according to a major new study that could force economists to reassess past research on the issue, the hike has had the opposite effect.

The city is gradually increasing the hourly minimum to $15 over several years. Already, though, some employers have not been able to afford the increased minimums. They've cut their payrolls, putting off new hiring, reducing hours or letting their workers go, the study found.

The costs to low-wage workers in Seattle outweighed the benefits by a ratio of three to one, according to the study, conducted by a group of economists at the University of Washington who were commissioned by the city. The study, published as a working paper Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, has not yet been peer reviewed.

On the whole, the study estimates, the average low-wage worker in the city lost $125 a month because of the hike in the minimum.

The paper's conclusions contradict years of research on the minimum wage. Many past studies, by contrast, have found that the benefits of increases for low-wage workers exceed the costs in terms of reduced employment -- often by a factor of four or five to one.


"This strikes me as a study that is likely to influence people," said David Autor, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was not involved in the research. He called the work "very credible" and "sufficiently compelling in its design and statistical power that it can change minds."
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Seems the "major new study" has a biased agenda.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...lly-working-just-fine/?utm_term=.d879e311f05f
 
Bruddah IZ said:
Bull shit. Nobody that pays their employees that much money would post such nonsense
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Trying to position yourself as some kind of advice guru, once again? The fact you did poorly (as you stated) during the last 8 years while the market soared should have put the brakes on that idea.
 
Lion Eyes said:
A livable minimum wage?
$10.00 an hour goes a lot further in Oklahoma than it does in California.
Counter work at a fast food establishment is a mindless, no experience necessary job.
The cost of your Happy Meal will sky rocket...
Entry level jobs that a kiosk can perform says it all. You better come up with a better plan for your future.
Entry level jobs are there to train people how to work, show up on time, take the initiative, interact with others, etc.
If workers don't like the wages they are making at Mickey D's, they too can, will and should go elsewhere.
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Fast food as we know it needs to disappear and be replaced by actual, real food, not food "products". I don't understand why anyone would eat that crap. Where's What is up? He use to brag about his dollar menu escapades. Hope he didn't keel over from clogged arteries.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
So they are afraid of Bernie so the go after his wife . . . just shows that Republicans go for the jugular. I wish Democrats were so cut throat, they are just too nice.
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Yeah... we all know how partisan the FBI is.....
Cut throat? See Debbie Wasserman Shultz & Donna Brazile along with many in the DNC...geezzzuss
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Fast food as we know it needs to disappear and be replaced by actual, real food, not food "products". I don't understand why anyone would eat that crap. Where's What is up? He use to brag about his dollar menu escapades. Hope he didn't keel over from clogged arteries.
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Can't argue the merits so just start rambling about how bad the menu is.....
 
Lion Eyes said:
It's great that your "business is incredibly stable".
It's a wonder as you seem to be over caffeinated, over opinionated and way out over your fricken ski's
So how many folks do you employee Thurston?
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My God man have some self respect, get up off the floor and wipe those tears away. You whine like a little baby when you see something you can't refute and realize how foolish it makes you look in your partisan haze.
 
Lion Eyes said:
Can't argue the merits so just start rambling about how bad the menu is.....
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No, I honestly think fast food is damaging our society and adding billions to healthcare costs.

Why Does Fast Food Get Such a Bad Rap?

Fast food tends to be high in calories, fat and sodium, all of which can contribute to obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Many fast food places still use trans fat in their foods, although it has been banned in a number of places across the country. Consumption of trans fat can raise bad cholesterol levels while lowering good cholesterol levels.

The Industry Sees the Need for Change
Most fast food chains now offer nutrition information for their offerings and guides to making healthier food choices. Organic and natural options have appeared on some menus, and several chains offering natural and organic fast food meals have sprouted up around the country.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/92569-diet-fast-impact-u.s.-health/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?mcubz=2
 
Hüsker Dü said:
My God man have some self respect, get up off the floor and wipe those tears away. You whine like a little baby when you see something you can't refute and realize how foolish it makes you look in your partisan haze.
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I wasn't attempting to refute anything Einstein.
Your alter ego Thurston Howell III is almost as big a buffoon as you.
You eat this nonsense up like a pig eating slop...Ramble On Daffy!
 
Lion Eyes said:
I wasn't attempting to refute anything Einstein.
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Because you can't, never can, you just say shit with no backing, does it make you feel good to be an unapologetic asshole? Is that how you get your kicks? Do you tell others, "Hey, I play an asshole on a kids soccer site forum! Ain't that cool?"
 
Hüsker Dü said:
No, I honestly think fast food is damaging our society.
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Okay that's fine, I build dialysis clinics all over the country, it's my understanding that fast food and soda pop are killing people.
Were we not talking about $15.00 minimum wage for counter help, be it MickyD's, or Taco Bell ?
Does the minimum wage help those minimally skilled get hired or hinder that process?
Perhaps we can have a conversation about what's more dangerous, a gun in the home or Happy Meals?
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Because you can't, never can, you just say shit with no backing, does it make you feel good to be an unapologetic asshole? Is that how you get your kicks? Do you tell others, "Hey, I play an asshole on a kids soccer site forum! Ain't that cool?"
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Ramble boy ramble...."Hey I deal with rambling assholes on a soccer blo..."
Daffy, there are no kids on this blog...you should be glad for that. They'd school your sorry ass too.
 
Lion Eyes said:
Yeah... we all know how partisan the FBI is.....
Cut throat? See Debbie Wasserman Shultz & Donna Brazile along with many in the DNC...geezzzuss
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And? There you go just throwing things out there that maybe fellow nutters know just by using the code words, but I don't listen? Read? From the sources you and yours never want to disclose . . . except lil 'joe, gotta admit he isn't shy about flaunting the insanity sites in gets his entertainment from.
 
Lion Eyes said:
Ramble boy ramble...."Hey I deal with rambling assholes on a soccer blo..."
Daffy, there are no kids on this blog...you should be glad for that. They'd school your sorry ass too.
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Ahh, you're just a bitter, disgruntled, scared old fart that feels victimized by "Liberals". You'll be OK, come on out of the bunker, your "safe space" or whatever you call it. People are generally good people no matter what you think.
 
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