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| Feds push out small businesses for Starbucks | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 16 2013, 06:15 PM (209 Views) | |
| Guest | May 16 2013, 06:15 PM Post #1 |
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MATHER (CBS13) — As a small-business owner, Ken Gilmore loves serving veterans coffee and donuts at the V.A. Medical Center on Mather Field. They’ve supported him through some major personal challenges. “I had cancer, and the cancer ended up leading to heart disease,” Gilmore said. As he continues to recover from two heart attacks, he faces another major setback: After 15 years, the V.A. is pushing his coffee business out and bringing in a Starbucks instead. “The government is supposed to support small business, and the agreement with Starbucks and the V.A. really just smashes small businesses nationwide,” he said. The decision doesn’t just affect Gilmore. The deal with Starbucks affects 150 medical centers nationwide. http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/feds-forcing-small-business-owner-out-in-favor-of-starbucks/ |
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| Tybee | May 16 2013, 07:10 PM Post #2 |
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Pathetic. The V.A. has a history of being one of the sleaziest government operations in existence. I see that hasn't changed much. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 03:10 AM Post #3 |
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I worked for the VA for a while and noticed the Dept of Labor seemed to spend a lot of time keeping the VA in line. It was more about making the VA follow the rules rather than help patients or employees, though. Your tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen. |
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| Deleted User | May 17 2013, 05:13 AM Post #4 |
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Republican or Democrat...it doesn't matter. They're all corporate cocksuckers. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 06:24 AM Post #5 |
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"Corporte cocksuckers" WTF!? Positively choking, slurping, and dripping in self-hatred(which is especially redundant in your case.) |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 06:25 AM Post #6 |
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* Corporate |
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| Erna | May 17 2013, 06:47 AM Post #7 |
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That is the problem when you don't own the land, or have a long term iron-clad lease on the land, on which you run your business. He knew he was in a risky situatia from the start. Edited by Erna, May 17 2013, 10:59 AM.
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| Deleted User | May 17 2013, 07:49 AM Post #8 |
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Oh, you little professional victim! How hard you must look for reasons to be offended! Pobrecito! I stand by what I said. Our government--regardless of the party in power--sucks corporate cock, kisses corporate ass, etc.. However you wish to describe it, they're all bought and paid for with corporate money. I have been out and proud for nearly twenty years. What I said had absolutely nothing to do with self-loathing, you little stalker nutcase. Take your meds. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 09:02 AM Post #9 |
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It does seem a little odd to say "cocksucker" as an insult when pretty much all of us here are happy, proud suckers of cock. |
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| Deleted User | May 17 2013, 09:11 AM Post #10 |
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Corporate cocksuckers = people who suck corporate cock. There was nothing self-hating about it. Constantly having to explain things to you lot is so tedious. |
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| Erna | May 17 2013, 11:00 AM Post #11 |
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This thread is making us hungry for chorizo! |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 11:01 AM Post #12 |
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The gov. is definitely in the hands of big business. I suspect in this case, that Starbucks won the contract by being able to undercut the small businesses in their contract bids. Now as an aside, someone explain the difference to me here. We applaud the small business owner for being original and trying to make his way. We frown on the franchise owner, when really he is a small business owner with corporate backing/security. But when you look at it from a purely business perspective and remove all emotion, he made the better business choice, thereby proving he's the better businessman. Main street USA is over. We can lament it, but to long for the days of Mayberry USA is to also long for a lot of other things that are over, like traditional marriage. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 11:42 AM Post #13 |
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You are an ACTUAL idiot. You studied English? *jaw drop face palm combo* You studied linguistics?!? Fuck outta here!!! You can't parse the difference between "someone who sucks a cock" and a "cocksucker"? Really? I mean, REALLY!?? Might there not be some, like, y'know, "baggage" apropos that word, which you might've been expected to be cognisant of, because, maybe, perhaps, it's a lil' bit germane to your own situation n'all, non? So, to clear up matters please specify whether your mother is "someone who sucks cock," a "cocksucker" or a "cock-sucker"? |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 11:50 AM Post #14 |
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baggage = low hangers. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 12:27 PM Post #15 |
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It saves a lot of time if you simply observe this simple rule: PPSM is never wrong. |
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| Erna | May 17 2013, 12:48 PM Post #16 |
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The USA has no government..Any nation that can not issue it's own currency is not a sovereign nation. The currency is issued by a private banking cartel called the federal reserve. It is not part of the USA government but the USA government is subservient to it. |
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| Guest | May 17 2013, 02:30 PM Post #17 |
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That is a different topic. But if you want to hijack the thread, fine. You say there is no government, then you say the government is subservient. Well, which is it? The only way something can be subservient is if it exists. Wikipedia defines government thusly: A government is an organization exerting centralized control over a community (i.e., over a state). This is made possible by imposing taxation via such agencies as the revenue service and, if necessary for the actualization of a policy, by use and initiation of force via such agencies as the police and the military. It doesn't say a government has to be the "top tier" regarding control. Just that it controls a community. It doesn't matter if something else controls it. For example a mom can exert control over a child, even while the dad is the overall leader. But the mom is still exerting control of her own choosing/making. We can hardly say the mom doesn't exist just because the dad might have ultimate say. (to be politically correct, the mom and the dad can change roles). |
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| Deleted User | May 17 2013, 02:32 PM Post #18 |
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You are vile and pathetic, and your obsession with me and my posts is nauseating. Nevermind the fact that your manner of speech is one of the most pretentious things I've ever seen. It's so full of grammar and spelling errors, I actually feel sorry for you. Did none of your teachers ever explain to you that typing in bold or all caps is a convention used only by those who can't otherwise communicate effectively? You're trying so hard to sound intelligent when you're clearly not, that it is difficult to feel anything for you but pity. Get some help, hon. |
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