Dallas-based food chain to accept Mexican-pesos

[BlyssfulDreamer]

So basically your plan is to reduce freedom and install a dictator? only the practices the dictator wishes to apply should be used? Is that not the real thing being said? Is the base premise of White Pizza eating Anglo-Saxons have been a native culture here for ever? And a lack of business and economic knowledge is acceptable.

A person of Hispanic decent is not a person of illegal immigration. I know of no large US which will not accept payment in other forms. For years many Russian companies paid the US businesses in Vodka as the currency was too volatile.

Did it ever occur to you to compare the Mexican citizen who wishes to work in the US ( or Native American) to the White Anglo-Saxon who wished to live here between 1500-1800? Who really is treating who badly?

Do you actually know what you are talking about? I don’t think you have a clue. Diictator? LOL…where did you get that?

A person of Hispanic descent ***if born in this country ***is as much an American as I am. A Hispanic here illegally **IS NOT!! **They are citizens of whatever country they came from.

Don’t try to deflect to what happened hundreds of years ago…it doesn’t wash.* Point blank*…anyone in this country who does not have a right to be here are here ILLEGALLY and if I had my way about it they would be long gone. I don’t buy that they are doing work no American would want…that is bull and a cop out.

Texas Roofer…you really need better arguments…

:heart:Blyss

 

[Lance]

Yeah…I guess. But, it only makes sense in border towns. Doing it chain-wide, as announced, makes no sense. The largest number of restaurants is in and around Dallas (6-8 hours from Mexico).

Do they typically take Canadian money in Grand Rapids?

Why not? There is a very large Hispanic community in Chicago and you don’t get much further from the border. I am sure a large number of Mexicans come to Chicago with peso’s in their pocket. If a store wants to accept pesos why should I care? It’s their business.

 

[Texas_Roofer]

other:

Do you actually know what you are talking about? I don’t think you have a clue. Diictator? LOL…where did you get that?

I’ll mark it in blue for you, okay

A person of Hispanic descent ***if born in this country ***is as much an American as I am. A Hispanic here illegally **IS NOT!! **They are citizens of whatever country they came from.

Are you trying to say illegal means illegal?

Don’t try to deflect to what happened hundreds of years ago…it doesn’t wash.* Point blank*…anyone in this country who does not have a right to be here are here ILLEGALLY and **if I had my way **about it they would be long gone. I don’t buy that they are doing work no American would want…that is bull and a cop out.

There it goes again, it is all about an opinion. No facts

Texas Roofer…you really need better arguments…

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Did you mean an emotional argument? As opposed to a facts based argument.

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

What makes it “un-American” to accommodate their customers? I am certainly always accommodated in Mexico when I spend American dollars. Next some people will say it’s un-American to eat Mexican food or to vacation in Mexico.

Uh sure…that’s the best argument you can come up with?

:heart:Blyss

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

Texas Roofer…Post #39…do you actually have anything to add…or do you just like c/p my comments…which i fully stand behind.

BTW***…ILLEGAL ***means…what…oh yes!! ILLEGAL

Can you handle that concept?

:heart:Blyss

 

[rayne89]

Texas Roofer…Post #39…do you actually have anything to add…or do you just like c/p my comments…which i fully stand behind.

BTW***…ILLEGAL ***means…what…oh yes!! ILLEGAL

Can you handle that concept?

:heart:Blyss

Do you also have a problem with retail stores here in Michigan accepting Canadian money or is just Mexicans that you have a problem with?

 

[BlyssfulDreamer]

Do you also have a problem with retail stores here in Michigan accepting Canadian money or is just Mexicans that you have a problem with?

Actually, yes I would have a problem with accepting Canadian money also. Sorry…I guess I don’t fall into your little definition of RACIST.

:heart:Blyss

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

What? Don’t we have a large Hispanic population and aren’t the majority …citizens?

Again, how does the voluntary action of American citizens violate our sovereignity?

Thank you, Ituyu, I think this thread is really bringing out the prejudice against Mexicans in this country. How does race effect the wellness of a country? I don’t think Mexico is poor because of the peoples race and Americas rich because the rulers are, for the most part, white, I think it is the laws and resources and the marketing that make a rich country. Mexico is poor because it is poorly run. Do the posters here think if all the whites moved to Mexico, without changeing the government, it would suddenly be rich or richer for it? If America is getting run to ground it is the corruption of decades that is putting it there.

 

[geezerbob]

Thank you, Ituyu, I think this thread is really bringing out the prejudice against Mexicans in this country. How does race effect the wellness of a country? I don’t think Mexico is poor because of the peoples race and Americas rich because the rulers are, for the most part, white, I think it is the laws and resources and the marketing that make a rich country. Mexico is poor because it is poorly run. Do the posters here think if all the whites moved to Mexico, without changeing the government, it would suddenly be rich or richer for it? If America is getting run to ground it is the corruption of decades that is putting it there.

In two threads this morning, you have engaged in name calling. The topic of this thread is whether businesses in the US should accept foreign currency, not whether your fellow posters on this board are racist. Does the race card have to be pulled out every time people disagree on something? For shame! Surely you can present a more logical argument for your position (whatever it is) than to resort to name calling.

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

In two threads this morning, you have engaged in name calling. The topic of this thread is whether businesses in the US should accept foreign currency, not whether your fellow posters on this board are racist. Does the race card have to be pulled out every time people disagree on something? For shame! Surely you can present a more logical argument for your position (whatever it is) than to resort to name calling.

I fail to see that I am “name calling”. Could it be a guilty conscience that is bothering you? I do not think I’m “pulling out the race card” and feel absolutely no shame for Loving my fellow human beings no matter what race they are. I am not hispanic and fail to see how I could be useing the “race card” unless I was on a thread about Irish Americans. My position is to show compassion for all, my position is putting myself in thier shoes, and trying to see what I would do when faced with extreme poverty and starving children.

 

[geezerbob]

Go back and read your two earlier posts as if they were written by someone else and, if you don’t have a plank in your eye, you’ll see what I mean.

I don’t have a dog in this fight, just commenting on what I see as intolerant posts, so please don’t presume to judge my conscience.

 

[Texas_Roofer]

Texas Roofer…Post #39…do you actually have anything to add…or do you just like c/p my comments…which i fully stand behind.

BTW***…ILLEGAL ***means…what…oh yes!! ILLEGAL

Can you handle that concept?

:heart:Blyss

If the question is about inflammatory speech or name calling I will try not to add anything. Concerning the constant false insinuations and incorrect statements I usually try to correct the false information. Given economic and business knowledge is lacking with some posters it is not easy to explain the facts in a form they can understand.

 

[Lance]

Thank you, Ituyu, I think this thread is really bringing out the prejudice against Mexicans in this country. How does race effect the wellness of a country? I don’t think Mexico is poor because of the peoples race and Americas rich because the rulers are, for the most part, white, I think it is the laws and resources and the marketing that make a rich country. Mexico is poor because it is poorly run. Do the posters here think if all the whites moved to Mexico, without changeing the government, it would suddenly be rich or richer for it? If America is getting run to ground it is the corruption of decades that is putting it there.

I fail to see that I am “name calling”. Could it be a guilty conscience that is bothering you? I do not think I’m “pulling out the race card” and feel absolutely no shame for Loving my fellow human beings no matter what race they are. I am not hispanic and fail to see how I could be useing the “race card” unless I was on a thread about Irish Americans. My position is to show compassion for all, my position is putting myself in thier shoes, and trying to see what I would do when faced with extreme poverty and starving children.

Read your post. When you accuse people of being prejudiced against Mexicans that is ‘pulling out the race card’. Why do you accuse Bob of having a guilty conscience? Have you ever read his posts or do you know him personally? You don’t have to be on a thread about a specific race to pull the ‘race card’. People can have an opinion different from yours and not be racist or even wrong. Where is anything in this thread about ‘extreme poverty and starving children.’

 

[Ituyu]

Read your post. When you accuse people of being prejudiced against Mexicans that is ‘pulling out the race card’. Why do you accuse Bob of having a guilty conscience? Have you ever read his posts or do you know him personally? You don’t have to be on a thread about a specific race to pull the ‘race card’. People can have an opinion different from yours and not be racist or even wrong. Where is anything in this thread about ‘extreme poverty and starving children.’

But Lance, the poster did not accuse anyone here of being a “racist”. The statement that “some” people are “prejudiced” does not refer to anyone specifically nor does it make them a “racist” and she only asked a “question” of Bob. So aren’t your conclusions just a little off? Anyway, can you explain how voluntarily accepting foreign currency as has always been practiced here is an issue of sovereignity?

 

[Lance]

But Lance, the poster did not accuse anyone here of being a “racist”. The statement that “some” people are “prejudiced” does not refer to anyone specifically nor does it make them a “racist” and she only asked a “question” of Bob. So aren’t your conclusions just a little off? Anyway, can you explain how voluntarily accepting foreign currency as has always been practiced here is an issue of sovereignity?

If you read any of my previous posts in this thread you would know that I have no problem with a business accepting any currency they wish to accept. It is none of my business what they accept as long as they also accept US currency. I own a business that sells firewood if I want to take pesos, pounds, Euros or shekels for the wood that is my business.

 

[Digitonomy]

It is none of my business what they accept as long as they also accept US currency.

Some businesses do not accept currency at all, but instead require credit card, barter, or other forms of payment.

 

[WenckebachCath]

I heard an excellent interview of the representative of this pizza company on CBC (Canadian) radio the other day. He stated that these stores are located in predominantly Mexican neighborhoods and that their idea was that when people cross the border, that they always end up with some spare pesos in their pocket. They have low cost pizza, and this was a win-win situation where these people could spend it.

The fellow was very articulate and stated that most of the mail against it was civil, that there was only an occasional extremist letter, much of it being email of course.

I see nothing wrong with this. Here in Washington many places take Canadian money. This was good business for the pizza company. He stated that it was adding up to 15% of their sales. A good all American business move if you ask me.

 

[Ituyu]

If you read any of my previous posts in this thread you would know that I have no problem with a business accepting any currency they wish to accept. It is none of my business what they accept as long as they also accept US currency. I own a business that sells firewood if I want to take pesos, pounds, Euros or shekels for the wood that is my business.

Thank you!!!

 

[Lance]

Some businesses do not accept currency at all, but instead require credit card, barter, or other forms of payment.

I am up for a barter for someone doing floor tile work for firewood! I did once give a guy firewood for the right of my son in law to deer hunt on some property he owned.

 

[Carrie_Andrews]

Go back and read your two earlier posts as if they were written by someone else and, if you don’t have a plank in your eye, you’ll see what I mean.

I don’t have a dog in this fight, just commenting on what I see as intolerant posts, so please don’t presume to judge my conscience.

I certainly don’t want to fight with anyone. I should have said that perhaps there is something about my posts that speaks to you in a different way from what was intended. I did look at my posts and am certain I called no names. I did however adjust the wording of my other post to a softer tone. I have plenty of deplanking to do in my sight, but believe I’m seeing this issue clearly.