It's the same. Some people can manage money but the vast majority can't. It's not a financial problem, it cannot be fixed by more money.
I am not exactly sure how to accomplish it. In my mind, we have to change the culture of America to be swift, agile, and very responsive to the marketplace. The speed of change is accelerating and the workforce has to be able to be that nimble in order to remain competitive. While the US nationalizing a factory sounds good to create good, American jobs...do you think they will make a product that Americans want to buy? If they could, that would be great. I don't have the confidence that the USG could nationalize a factory and be competitive with the for-profit sector. The post office is kind of a case-study in that regard. Shipping USPS ***** compared to fedex/ups. How come the post office cannot offer real time tracking like fedex?
We have resuce mission charities that do that work. They provide the homeless with a place to sleep at night, etc. Oftentimes the rescue missions are key in noticing that frequent homeless often suffer from mental illness etc.
I am curious about this myself. If customer service suffers so much that people go elsewhere, only the companies that treat their employees right will survive. I was wrong about this last time when I thought call centers in India wouldn't last because of the poor customer service they provide. And some call centers have came back due to this lack of service. I am not sure how much though. It has seemed to find a rough equilibrium which is what I assume will happen here.
You'll have the premium pizzas who taste a little better, made with more thought, etc that cost $20. Then you'll have other pizzas made by punk kids who don't GAF for $10. There will be two markets. I don't see Papa Johns failing because of it's response to the new rules.
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Two things
1. I wish you had a comment about my thoughts on Oregon Trail.
2. What do you think are the top 3 democratic policies that have helped people the most?
It's a fair point that some people can't manage money, it's surely the cause of some people's poverty. But they should at least be given the chance if their circumstances haven't otherwise allowed it.
And I wasn't really thinking that government could create consumer want-based goods. I was thinking more along the lines of necessary commodoities or materials. Like I said, steel production? I really don't know a lot about it so it's hard for me to say, but something along those lines.
I'm confident the government could be competitive with the private sector. Again, the major difference is that the government wouldn't be trying to make a profit. I mean, how much is profit in the cost of everything we buy? 50%? At least. And I don't see anything wrong with the USPS. I prefet when things are shipped by USPS. It's generally cheaper, they deliver on Saturdays and it takes max 3 days to get from coast to coast. This is in addidion to the fact that USPS has to do so much more than Fedex or UPS. They are legally bound to deliver at every location (unless this has changed), even if it's one home a mile away from any town. UPS and Fedex (or any other private delivery service) can decide just not to deliver there. Plus, USPS has tracking?
And providing the homeless a place to sleep doesn't help them get on their feet. Neither to soup kitchens. What's the saying? Teach a man to fish, etc. I think this is actually one of the accurate uses for that analogy. I'd rather the government try to get homeless in a position to afford a place to sleep rather than be given one. Not that I'm against soup kitchens or anything like that, I'm just saying for this specific purpose, the government is better equiped.
People don't buy a product for it's customer service, so again, I'm not sure that's a solid comparison. But workers treat their job how their job treats them, I don't think anyone would argue that. If you just cut back all your employees hours, they will care less about the job and the company will suffer.
And as much as I hate posting images like this, I really feel it characterizes the papa johns thing very well.
The owner of papa johns doesn't need to reduce payroll to stay profitable, it's purely political.
The CEO at Papa Johns – John Schnatter – the smiling face you see on commercials has said he’s looking to move towards a part time workforce now that Obamacare will increase the cost of a Papa Johns pizza by .11 to .14 cents per pizza (source). WHOA. Think about that. Most people don’t realize the actual cost of a pizza is around $1.25 for a large pepperoni pizza. That’s how much it costs a company like Pizza Hut or Papa Johns (I happen to know this because someone close to me has actually worked for multiple large pizza companies buying ingredients from suppliers). And – now the CEO of Papa Johns says that an additional fourteen cents per pizza on the high end will result in cutting the hours of workers. Seems legit.
