Worker Wages: Wendy's vs. Wal-Mart vs. Costco

[qui_est_ce]

slashfood.com/2009/12/23/fast-food-charities/

No fast-food company has become more associated with philanthropic and charable work than McDonald’s and its Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). The group is the umbrella organization for numerous charities that serve children in 52 countries. Founded in 1974, Ronald McDonald House gives free or low-cost lodging to families who have children undergoing medical treatment at hospitals outside their communities.

The lesser known organization , Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, provides pediatric medical and dental care in poor and underserved areas. Last year, Care Mobile helped provide pediatric asthma services to seven Pittsburgh neighborhoods where untreated asthma has been pervasive.

In 2008, RMHC charities contributed about $3.3 million dollars toward college scholarships for African-American and Latino high school seniors in need and who show a high level of academic achievement and community involvement. The RMHC of Philadelphia recently announced they’ll be awarding $69,000 in scholarships to 45 students for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Read more: slashfood.com/2009/12/23/fast-food-charities/#ixzz2bOA9xota

 

[SamH]

No-one, no-one, gets where they are without help.

Just because Obama proves that statement doesn’t mean that is the case with everyone.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

 

[Dawnia]

So you are saying they should have made better choices in life?

Nope. Can’t undo what is already done. Just saying a 2nd job isn’t always workable.

 

[J_Peterson]

We don’t “give” money. People EARN money. When people EARN money, they can hire people.

People at the “bottom” don’t get “whatever is left over.” They EARN what the job is worth.

What about getting a job in the restaurant business? My son, who is 25, makes a lot of money being a waiter. He makes enough to have bought a house last year when he was 24. I didn’t give him any money or help him with the down payment. He has a roommate whose rent pays most of the mortgage. It doesn’t take a great deal of education or experience. But it is hard work and tiring.

But I do have the choice to buy a book from my local book store or amazon. Unfortunatly I choose amazon 9 times out of 10 simply becuase it’s easier and cheaper. This is the type of behavior that can actually change things over time, we just have to suck it up and pay more for things when we can. I earn my money, I just need to make better choices as to where I spend it.

 

[lcburgundy]

Businesses are also people. They’re not just buildings. That means that they, too, have a personal responsibility to help the poor and needy.

Employment is not a form of charity. Even organizations that are almost solely charities know that.

 

[qui_est_ce]

Employment is not a form of charity. Even organizations that are almost solely charities know that.

You know, I gotta wonder why people who think helping the poor is so important voted for Obama. He and Biden gave embarrassingly little to charity. Mitt Romney gave huge sums both through his corporations and personally. Romney walked the talk. Obama wants force OTHER people (taxpayers) to pay for his pet projects.

 

[Dawnia]

Why is that the employer’s problem? Is the employer to determine whose needs are greater and pay them accordingly? I’m not sure the employer is even allowed to ask the family status at the time of the job interview.

What is it with people reading in things that aren’t there.

 

[Lochias]

Employment is not a form of charity. Even organizations that are almost solely charities know that.

Ha, well, current fast-food jobs almost don’t qualify as a form of employment, thanks to how little they pay, so I guess everyone’s screwed.

 

[estesbob]

Businesses are also people. Phey’re not just buildings. That means that they, too, have a personal responsibility to help the poor and needy.

No they don’t. At its core business is amoral. Its purpose is to provide profits for its owners and stockholders. It accomplishes this by hiring people as economically as possible and offering a good product at a reasonable price.

Part of the problem in our society is the idea that we can delegate our personal responsibilities to the poor and needy to somebody else, whether it be businesses or the government or the rich guy or anybody else but ourselves.

 

[Lochias]

Just because Obama proves that statement doesn’t mean that is the case with everyone.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

People who think they get where they are purely by their own “gumption and grit” are fooling themselves. Nobody makes it big without help. Nobody.

 

[estesbob]

You know, I gotta wonder why people who think helping the poor is so important voted for Obama. He and Biden gave embarrassingly little to charity. Mitt Romney gave huge sums both through his corporations and personally. Romney walked the talk. Obama wants force OTHER people (taxpayers) to pay for his pet projects.

They voted for him because he promised to take other people’s money and fulfill their personal obligation to help the poor and needy.

 

[Lochias]

No they don’t. At its core business is amoral. Its purpose is to provide profits for its owners and stockholders. It accomplishes this by hiring people as economically as possible and offering a good product at a reasonable price.

Part of the problem in our society is the idea that we can delegate our personal responsibilities to the poor and needy to somebody else, whether it be businesses or the government or the rich guy or anybody else but ourselves.

So…the poor should be feeding the poor. Gotcha. That’s prettymuch what’s happening now, and you can see how well that works.

 

[estesbob]

People who think they get where they are purely by their own “gumption and grit” are fooling themselves. Nobody makes it big without help. Nobody.

Well that is an interesting philosophy. I am not responsible for my own success but I am responsible for others’ failures.

 

[SamH]

People who think they get where they are purely by their own “gumption and grit” are fooling themselves. Nobody makes it big without help. Nobody.

I see lots of class envy in that post.

 

[Lochias]

Well that is an interesting philosophy. I am not responsible for my own success but I am responsible for others’ failures.

Nobody is entirely responsible for their own success. I can’t say anything about others’ failures, because I don’t know who you or they deal with. Please stop putting words in my mouth.

 

[SamH]

Well that is an interesting philosophy. I am not responsible for my own success but I am responsible for others’ failures.

That is what they are telling you while they tell themselves "I am not responsible for my own failures and no one is responsible their own success.

As taught in Class Envy 101.

 

[SamH]

So…the poor should be feeding the poor. Gotcha. That’s prettymuch what’s happening now, and you can see how well that works.

Could you explain that, the statement conflicts with reality.

 

[estesbob]

Nobody is entirely responsible for their own success. I can’t say anything about others’ failures, because I don’t know who you or they deal with. Please stop putting words in my mouth.

So what is the point of saying nobody is entirely responsible for their own success?

 

[SamH]

So what is the point of saying nobody is entirely responsible for their own success?

Diverts blame from people responsible for their own failures.

 

[Lochias]

That is what they are telling you while they tell themselves "I am not responsible for my own failures and no one is responsible their own success.

As taught in Class Envy 101.

…this is possibly the biggest disconnect from reality that I have ever seen. Man what I don’t even.