The people who do the hiring are part of a business’ expenses, not its profit.

They will still be doing their job like they normally do.

I assume a company that is allowed to have profit will be able to offer higher wages to be competitive

Where do they get that money? By charging you and I more than what a product costs to produce and bring to market. If people had higher standards (which they don’t), then they would go to the business that gives them the best deal.

Right now we live in a culture where people are proud to spend more money even if it’s for a worse product. Everything is backwards regarding personal financial responsibility which is why there is so much excess yet most people still think they “need” more money.

The people who do the work already.

Profit, by definition, is excess. It’s what’s leftover after all other business expenses are paid, including employee wages.

The truth is they put a huge burden on public services.

Do they? If so, you must be in favor of banning smoking anything, right?

they create insane amounts of litter.

Do they? If so, it sounds like there needs to be harsher penalties and greater enforcement for litter laws!

Are you stupid? It’s not about the “businesses” and their well-being. It’s about the effect that black markets have on society.

People are going to get their drugs whether they’re legal or not. If you paid attention in history class and reality, you’d know that prohibition and the war on drugs does not solve the issue.

No, it wouldn’t

People working in and supporting the industry would work and consume as they always have.

It’s the business owners that would be hurting, as their entire existence depends on siphoning off the excess people are willing to pay for products and services.

Prices wouldn’t even go up. Businesses already charge the most people are willing to pay.

I like the way you think.

Capitalists would rather there be a ban so that proles don’t realize how much they’re getting f**ked.

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More black markets aren’t the solution.

There needs to be a cultural change.

Unfortunately, one person or even the minority cannot do this.

Until more people actually want to solve these problems, these problems won’t get solved. Wow.

It’s not a turnout issue. US “democracy” is fundamentally broken and favors those already in power. It’s important for those in power that gridlock issues such as abortion and gun control never get solved yet remain the focal point of elections to distract from the ever-growing disparity in wealth.

I just having this burning feeling that these people support republicans.

When I was 15, I knew it was wrong to stab people. It’s not like getting into a fight on the playground. When you bring out a knife, or any deadly weapon, you immediately escalate things way beyond what school administration can handle.

As a kid, I knew there were crimes I could do that were just “boys being boys.” Smoking weed, petty theft, vandalism, even getting into fist-fights. I also knew there were crimes that were off limits, such as rape and murder. Just about everyone around me knew the same thing, too.

You’re advocating for a culture that encourages kids to commit more crimes and more serious crimes than they otherwise would because they know they will get off easy.

Good.

We should not let acts of violence like go unpunished.

We need to set an example for anyone else who may be thinking about committing the same thing.

The fuck? You don’t have to pay people to attend a funeral…

Especially not with taxpayer money…

They don’t have to be.

I mean, to be fair, at least someone cares about the egregious waste that taxpayers spend their money on just to make rich people rich.

It most certainly should not cost $60k of taxpayer money to bury a soldier. Someone, odds are a small group of interconnected people, is making profit off of fleecing the American public.

If they make more with tips, then they don’t get to complain when somebody doesn’t tip them.

plus the minimum 20% tax tip

Where are you eating that has a 20% minimum tip? I’ve only seen stuff like that for big groups.

You got a lot of people from the ‘pro-tip’ crowd glad to say “I make more with tips!” whenever someone suggest replacing tips with fair wages.

If they make more with tips, then they also have to deal with not getting tipped from people like me.

I never tip. Tipping culture should die.

Misleading title, the company must still pay its workers.

That blows.

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