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**rogue06** · 05-31-2018, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

Chick-fil-A Mocks the Lefty Myth About Wage Stagnation

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�As the owner, I�m looking at it big picture and long term.� Those are the words of Eric Mason, owner of a Chick-fil-A in Sacramento, CA.

Mason was talking about his employees and sales. He believes successful restaurants are an effect of happy, well-paid workers. That�s why he�s offering his employees wage increases that would boost their pay from $12-13/hr. to $17-18/hr.

That Mason is raising worker pay well beyond California�s minimum wage is a reminder that pundits on the left are flying blind when they emote about stagnant wages. They could learn a lot from Mason. Mason sees very clearly what they don�t: low-wage workers are incredibly expensive.

They are because they�re not very productive. As is frequently said, you get what you pay for. Low-wage workers don�t need to perform very well simply because they�re not being compensated for it. Mason wants his business to boom, which means he wants his employees to feel well rewarded. Quoted in the Washington Post about his decision to boost employee compensation, Mason said �[W]hat that [pay well above the minimum wage] does for the business is provide consistency, someone that has relationships with our guests, and it�s going to be building a long-term culture.�

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But this might lead to holding employees to a higher standard!

**Littlejoe** · 05-31-2018, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

Chick-fil-A Mocks the Lefty Myth About Wage Stagnation

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Source: RealClearMarkets

�As the owner, I�m looking at it big picture and long term.� Those are the words of Eric Mason, owner of a Chick-fil-A in Sacramento, CA.

Mason was talking about his employees and sales. He believes successful restaurants are an effect of happy, well-paid workers. That�s why he�s offering his employees wage increases that would boost their pay from $12-13/hr. to $17-18/hr.

That Mason is raising worker pay well beyond California�s minimum wage is a reminder that pundits on the left are flying blind when they emote about stagnant wages. They could learn a lot from Mason. Mason sees very clearly what they don�t: low-wage workers are incredibly expensive.

They are because they�re not very productive. As is frequently said, you get what you pay for. Low-wage workers don�t need to perform very well simply because they�re not being compensated for it. Mason wants his business to boom, which means he wants his employees to feel well rewarded. Quoted in the Washington Post about his decision to boost employee compensation, Mason said �[W]hat that [pay well above the minimum wage] does for the business is provide consistency, someone that has relationships with our guests, and it�s going to be building a long-term culture.�

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Reminds me of the old saying from Communist Russia: "We pretend to work and the Government pretends to pay us!"

**Starlight** · 05-31-2018, 05:43 PM

LOL, anyone who thinks that one guy doing one thing disproves decades of statistical data about wages from across the entire country that the Left uses to make their point with, is a complete idiot.

**Cow Poke** · 05-31-2018, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by Starlight View Post

LOL, anyone who thinks that one guy doing one thing disproves decades of statistical data about wages from across the entire country that the Left uses to make their point with, is a complete idiot.

It's not just one guy - it's a whole chain, and they are .... :gasp: .... CHRISTIAN!!!!

DRAT!!!!

**Starlight** · 05-31-2018, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

It's not just one guy - it's a whole chain

Eh? The OP article suggests the guy owns one store, not a chain.

and they are .... :gasp: .... CHRISTIAN!!!!

Most people in the US are. I could say that's probably why your country has so many problems, but other Christian countries in the world seemed to do okay.

**Catholicity** · 05-31-2018, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by Starlight View Post

Eh? The OP article suggests the guy owns one store, not a chain.

Most people in the US are. I could say that's probably why your country has so many problems, but other Christian countries in the world seemed to do okay.

You ARE a complete idiot.

**Mountain Man** · 05-31-2018, 07:11 PM

Originally posted by Catholicity View Post

You ARE a complete idiot.

There are times I think he's genuinely clueless, and other times I think it's all an act just to get a rise out of us.

**Starlight** · 05-31-2018, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by Catholicity View Post

You ARE a complete idiot.

It's a pity you're so stupid that you think that.

**Cow Poke** · 05-31-2018, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by Starlight View Post

Eh? The OP article suggests the guy owns one store, not a chain.

He is VERY representative of Chick-Fil-A as a company.

Most people in the US are.

Depending on your definition of "Christian" - often it means "unlike that atheist from New Zealand".

I could say that's probably why your country has so many problems, but other Christian countries in the world seemed to do okay.

It would not surprise me in the least for you to say something so idiotic.

**Starlight** · 05-31-2018, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

He is VERY representative of Chick-Fil-A as a company.

Chick-Fil-A seems to be a big chain, that can presumably speak for itself. Why are we talking about one guy who happens to own one store? You can assert he's representative if you like, but that would seem to be just your gut feeling (and an after-the-fact justification for you mistaking him for the owner of the entire chain).

It would not surprise me in the least for you to say something so idiotic.

A glance at top-10 happiest countries in the world list shows a list of the most atheistic countries in the world, while a glance at the bottom-10 world countries on happiness shows a list of countries with big problems that happen to be among the most religious countries in the world. Obviously more education in general correlates with less religiosity, so there are confounding factors, but still, religiosity overall seems to be generally a bad thing.

**Cow Poke** · 05-31-2018, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by Starlight View Post

Chick-Fil-A seems to be a big chain....

Yes, it is, and you seem to know nothing about it.

Under Cathy's leadership, Christianity became a fundamental part of the Chick-fil-A brand, shaping business decisions and helping the company differentiate itself from its chicken-cooking competitors, especially in the South.

The intentionality behind this is no clearer than when you visit the company's headquarters in Atlanta; every aspect of the place is imbued with a latent sense impression of "family values." When I met Truett Cathy in his corporate suite a few years ago, he gave out copies of one of his many books, Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People. But the real touch of wholesomeness was in the final piece of swag he gave away: a simple artifact of the traditional American classroom, a wooden ruler, branded with the Chick-fil-A logo.

**KingsGambit** · 05-31-2018, 09:09 PM

I kind of wish they would sell 20 piece nugget meals. I'm always still hungry when I eat there

**Cow Poke** · 05-31-2018, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Starlight View Post

...religiosity overall seems to be generally a bad thing.

"Religiosity", as you call it, is an incredibly wonderful thing for unborn babies.

**Psychic Missile** · 05-31-2018, 09:51 PM

So the crux of the article, the "lefty" belief that this puff piece is mocking, is the idea that "businesses thrive by paying their workers as little as possible". Is that really something the left believes? It would be correct to say the left believes greed causes businesses to pay their workers as little as possible, but I don't think anyone on the left would disagree with you if you said that was to the detriment of everyone involved. Then, later, the author "debunks" the idea that wages have stagnated because this owner of a single franchise pays fast food workers more and a handful of small business offer craft beer or an arcade room. Then the author says "stagnant pay presumes a lack of economic growth", showing he does not understand the difference between an increase in corporate profits and an increase in median household income. Then he reiterates that "people staffing U.S. businesses are being paid more and more", again, because of a single franchise owner.

Cow Poke, I advise you and anyone else to never get any information, opinion or otherwise, from a news source that hires a 3rd-grader to write about how generous his friend is. Your critical thinking skills shouldn't go out the window the second you read a headline that is negative towards liberals.

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