Starbucks Releases US Store Closure List

[jeffg]

Mulls, the combined Reagan/Bush tax cuts were one of the largest transfers of wealth between classes, not only in U.S. history but in world history. Reagan's coattails are finally (FINALLY) coming to an end with Bush Jr, and the current disparity between America's rich and poor hasn't been this large since the Great Depression. 58% of American families are now living from paycheck to paycheck and cannot be squeezed any tighter.

IMO it's time to stop bashing our poor and middle class, and for America's ruling class to pay more (hopefully lots more) in taxes.

http://www.counterpunch.org/freeman05302003.html

 

[mulls]

I'm a simple man

so I try to keep it simple.JeffG,if you make twice as much money as I do,I think you should pay twice as much tax.Period.Not three times as much.Not four times as much.And that rate should be low.
Twenty years ago,due to my own stupidity,I was living in a car.I am not a stranger to hard times and not without compassion.However,I have no compassion for those who live their lives on the take as opposed to hustling.I have no education(maybe you guys can tell),never inherited anything,but have been able to make myself a self supporting,contributing member of society.If I can do it,anyone can.

 

[neptunebob]

Getting back to Starbucks...

Most of the stores in Pittsburgh are staying open, we will lose only 1 Starbucks store. Oddly enough, it is in one of the busier parts of town. Did you know that Pittsburgh is one of the highest coffee consuming coffee in the world? We really do like our coffee!

Oh, and a travel hint: Starbucks is in all of the service plazas on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. If you just walk over to the Burger King, you can get coffee for half the price. They don't have all the syrup flavors that Starbucks has, but it is strong enough to keep you awake.

 

[conate]

People! Stop.

Honestly folks, you're all being unreasonable.

7080swisher, you're engaging in the same behavior that you claim that those on the other side of the aisle are doing.

Some of us here do believe that maximum personal freedom and minimum government interference in our lives (and minimum interference from big business for that matter) is a good thing.

The difficulty in the United States of America is that BOTH terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' have been co-opted by others.

Most liberals I know believe that you need government in your life to limit freedom of choice.

So do most conservatives.

Some of us just want to be left to live our lives in peace.

Most liberals I know want to be protected by unelected civil servants or elected politicians (elected by special itnerests don't ya know) from anything they don't like.

Most conservatives do too.

SOME OF US CALL OURSELVES LIBERTARIANS OR CONSERVATIVES OR LIBERALS IN THE OLD FORM OF THE TERM: Maximum personal freedom, minimal interference, personal responsibility.

Now, as for Starbucks: I personally dislike dark roast coffee so I don't think I've trafficed with STarbucks more than six times in my life - but I find it strange in my relatively small town in the western part of the Denver metro area should have THREE of them. Huh? (Also for the record: I don't even patronize independent coffee shops as they use roasts too dark. I prefer light to light medium roast, tend to buy A&P Eight O'clock from either safeway or sams club, and make it at home with a percolator!)

Nate