General / National Strike?

[Bozo_Casanova 26,435]

Pollo Campero has the best chicken.

I don’t know about that, but it’s underrated.

[InkaUtexas 25,859]

Pollo Campero is awesome. Love flying back from El Salvador with people carrying it in boxes. 

 

[Bill Clinton 73]

Peaceful non compliance. No birth certificate. Alternate money system. Never register anything or pay any taxes. 

[tantric superman 4,667]

I'm in if we are marching against unions.

[Anastasis 23,458]

I'm in if we are marching against unions.

I see what you did there gif.

[Gil Bang 25,909]

There’s a SoCal chain of about 20 locations, all of them in shitty areas, Juan Pollo. I’ll put that shit up against anybody. Fucking greatness.

Nearest to me is 30 mi away, and I get it on the regular

[ScottishHorn 172]

6 hours ago, Bill Clinton said:

Peaceful non compliance. No birth certificate. Alternate money system. Never register anything or pay any taxes. 

Star Trek

[cmontexas 3,270]

Where my Lisa's peeps at?

[blackmarketbaby 118]

9 hours ago, Turkleton said:

The one close to my house in NE Tarrant shut down after 10months. Why? Because this was put in across the street.

Demasiadas casas de pollo.

Was there a strike?

[Jim Tom Pinch 120]

On 6/22/2018 at 6:23 AM, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Read a fucking book.

The unemployment rate in the USSR was 0%.

Jobs do not make a country, they enslave it.

This is breathtaking.

[David Dennison 18,847]

16 minutes ago, Jim Tom Pinch said:

This is breathtaking.

Is this the part about the nobility of work?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

58 minutes ago, Jim Tom Pinch said:

This is breathtaking.

I’m not saying jobs are bad, in fact they’re great. They give people purpose and provide a means to greater prosperity.

But think about what else they do.  They shackle people to things like employer provided healthcare, limit mobility, and indirectly suppress political activism.  Jobs often make life all about the paycheck.  

Well, in Hugo’s world there are more important things than money.

[F250 28,764]

Jobs do not shackle people, needs "shackle" people. Jobs are just a means of meeting needs.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

9 minutes ago, F250 said:

Jobs do not shackle people, needs "shackle" people. Jobs are just a means of meeting needs.

Only for the poor.  

Wealthy people don’t need a job, all their needs are already satisfied.

[F250 28,764]

10 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Only for the poor.  

Wealthy people don’t need a job, all their needs are already satisfied.

I'm far from being poor but I still need a job.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

1 minute ago, F250 said:

I'm far from being poor but I still need a job.

Right but what would you do if you didn’t need a job?  

I’d travel the world, stay in the best hotels, eat at the finest restaurants, and drink the finest wine.

Too bad that’s an impossibility for the majority of people that are shackled in a mediocre paying job with limited access to vertical mobility all while wages remain stagnant and the cost of goods rise.  But I’m sure they had the opportunity to make better life choices that would have improved their situation.

[F250 28,764]

41 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Right but what would you do if you didn’t need a job?  

I’d travel the world, stay in the best hotels, eat at the finest restaurants, and drink the finest wine.

Too bad that’s an impossibility for the majority of people that are shackled in a mediocre paying job with limited access to vertical mobility all while wages remain stagnant and the cost of goods rise.  But I’m sure they had the opportunity to make better life choices that would have improved their situation.

This sounds like something a college freshman would say while smoking pot. It doesn't even make sense.

 

 

[EMAWesome 101]

Next time you take an economics class Hugo try to get one that is not being taught by Patrick Ewing.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

I will admit economics is not my specialty.  However, I don’t think people in the United States have any idea how hard our population works compared to other free societies like France or Spain.

Our lifestyles are completely different.  Those are the shackles I’m referring to.  We are so economically powerful because our population works themselves to death.  Why?  What are we working so hard for? What do we hope to achieve? 

[DaysOff 7,947]

This sounds like something a college freshman would say while smoking pot. It doesn't even make sense.
 
 

Oh no. They're on to you Hugo.

[Turkleton 145]

22 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I will admit economics is not my specialty.  However, I don’t think people in the United States have any idea how hard our population works compared to other free societies like France or Spain.

Our lifestyles are completely different.  Those are the shackles I’m referring to.  We are so economically powerful because our population works themselves to death.  Why?  What are we working so hard for? What do we hope to achieve? 

[David Dennison 18,847]

30 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I will admit economics is not my specialty.  However, I don’t think people in the United States have any idea how hard our population works compared to other free societies like France or Spain.

Our lifestyles are completely different.  Those are the shackles I’m referring to.  We are so economically powerful because our population works themselves to death.  Why?  What are we working so hard for? What do we hope to achieve? 

Most Americans think they'll be rich some day if they work hard. They don't realize that's a lie fabricated to keep them on the hamster wheel.

Edited June 23, 2018 by David Dennison

[Brisketexan 105,059]

This sounds like something a college freshman would say while smoking pot. It doesn't even make sense.
 
 

Next time you take an economics class Hugo try to get one that is not being taught by Patrick Ewing.

Two in a row that made me chuckle. Good work.

[Hate 20,106]

Most Americans think they'll be rich some day if they work hard. They don't realize that's a lie fabricated to keep them on the hamster wheel.

Most people in the world know they will never be rich, but at least an American has a chance.

[David Dennison 18,847]

15 minutes ago, Hate said:

 

Most people in the world know they will never be rich, but at least an American has a chance.

 

You can say that about any western democracy.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I will admit economics is not my specialty.  However, I don’t think people in the United States have any idea how hard our population works compared to other free societies like France or Spain.

Our lifestyles are completely different.  Those are the shackles I’m referring to.  We are so economically powerful because our population works themselves to death.  Why?  What are we working so hard for? What do we hope to achieve? 

Economics are not my specialty but we really should be more like the Spaniards or the French. Jesus. And this from such an esteemed Surly poster. What an awesome take pal. Fucking genius over there. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

1 minute ago, Rex Kramer said:

Economics are not my specialty but we really should be more like the Spaniards or the French. Jesus. And this from such an esteemed Surly poster. What an awesome take pal. Fucking genius over there. 

Yeah, they get months off for vacation at a time, fuck that shit.

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

You can say that about any western democracy.

Much more attainable here than in most Western democracies. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Yeah, they get months off for vacation at a time, fuck that shit.

They also have stagnant economies and dying countries. But fuck it, let’s take siestas every day and watch our productivity go to shit too. 

[David Dennison 18,847]

5 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Economics are not my specialty but we really should be more like the Spaniards or the French. Jesus. And this from such an esteemed Surly poster. What an awesome take pal. Fucking genius over there. 

Fuck yes we should be more like them. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

1 minute ago, Rex Kramer said:

They also have stagnant economies and dying countries

America is about to say hold my beer

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I will admit economics is not my specialty.  However, I don’t think people in the United States have any idea how hard our population works compared to other free societies like France or Spain.

Our lifestyles are completely different.  Those are the shackles I’m referring to.  We are so economically powerful because our population works themselves to death.  Why?  What are we working so hard for? What do we hope to achieve? 

Have you ever worked in these countries?  Although they get more vacation days, compared to the US the professionals there typically work more hours per day and get paid less; to compound the problem the average costs of living are higher.  There are also fewer professional positions per eligible employee so many professionals from Spain, France, and Italy have to relocate to ME and subsaharan Africa.  For international corporations with offices globally, many young professionals jump at the chance to get an expatriate assignment in the US, which is often only reserved for the top performers.  Of all the European expatriates that come over from France and Italy that I’ve worked with, all have hoped to work the rest of their careers in the US and they apply for citizenship.  On the other hand, the US citizens that I know who have gone to these countries for expatriate assignments return after 1-2 years.  

I love to travel to these countries and work there for brief periods of time, but the truth is that the options and economic flexibility & purchasing power of the typical US professional is much better than the equivalent in Mediterranean European countries.

 

Edited June 24, 2018 by Guest

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

America is about to say hold my beer

If you and that pederast Dennison have any say, I agree. Luckily the communist sympathizing hipster douche isn’t good for much other than empty rhetoric printed on ironic Ts. 

[David Dennison 18,847]

4 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Much more attainable here than in most Western democracies. 

We're OK. Could be better.

[David Dennison 18,847]

1 minute ago, Rex Kramer said:

If you and that pederast Dennison have any say, I agree. Luckily the communist sympathizing hipster douche isn’t good for much other than empty rhetoric printed on ironic Ts. 

Well, the typical MAGA voter isn't exactly growing the economy. 

[Guest]

Just now, David Dennison said:

Well, the typical MAGA voter isn't exactly growing the economy. 

Not a MAGA voter.  I just MAGA. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

This country is currently owned by a greedy corporate mob.

It ain’t getting any better until they are checked.

Can you tell me why billionaires need to exist in the world?  Like one sociological benefit of one person having an absurd concentration of wealth and power?

Edited June 24, 2018 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

This country is currently owned by a greedy corporate mob.

It ain’t getting any better until they are checked.

Can you tell me why billionaires need to exist in the world?  Like one sociological benefit of one person having an absurd concentration of wealth and power?

Lulz. You ever heard of a little something called philanthropy?  

And asking why billionaires “need to exist” tells me everything one needs to know about you. 

[deadshank 24,652]

4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

Can you tell me why billionaires need to exist in the world?  Like one sociological benefit of one person having an absurd concentration of wealth and power?

Don’t know but when I become one I will let you know.  Or not.  Probably not. 

[David Dennison 18,847]

 

3 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Lulz. You ever heard of a little something called philanthropy?  

And asking why billionaires “need to exist” tells me everything one needs to know about you. 

What's funny about this is the current generation of wealthy Americans who had great-grandparents who never had to work.

[Guest]

Just now, David Dennison said:

 

What's funny about this is the current generation of wealthy Americans who had great-grandparents who never had to work.

I’d argue this generation of billionaires has a lot of self starters. But, your comment doesn’t address my point. Do you know what each billionaire’s philanthropic score card looks like?  Or are you generally just wailing against people that have wealth like an annoying poor with a keyboard?

[David Dennison 18,847]

1 minute ago, Rex Kramer said:

I’d argue this generation of billionaires has a lot of self starters. But, your comment doesn’t address my point. Do you know what each billionaire’s philanthropic score card looks like?  Or are you generally just wailing against people that have wealth like an annoying poor with a keyboard?

I have a good notion of what Houston's looks like. 

 

[blackmarketbaby 118]

7 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

What's funny about this is the current generation of wealthy Americans who had great-grandparents who never had to work.

Did they go on strike?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

Just look at how corrupt our political system is.  No one wants to see net neutrality go away but it’s happening because why? Greed.  

Our system is rigged to help the insanely wealthy and hurt the more vulnerable.  Tax cuts for the rich because they donated and need a return on investment all the while cutting Medicare and Social Security because we need to be fiscally responsible.  It’s a great scam and we have a lot of suckers.

[deadshank 24,652]

9 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

What's funny about this is the current generation of wealthy Americans who had great-grandparents who never had to work.

DD would love to send certain types of people to gulags, others to re-education camps and others straight to the firing squad.  

DD, you can admit it. We know. 

[David Dennison 18,847]

1 minute ago, deadshank said:

DD would love to send certain types of people to gulags, others to re-education camps and others straight to the firing squad.  

DD, you can admit it. We know. 

No way. I want to tax them.

[F250 28,764]

36 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Yeah, they get months off for vacation at a time, fuck that shit.

They get a month not months and that would be for those lucky enough to find a job. Spain has had double digit unemployment for as long as I can remember. Their youth unemployment is incredibly high, it's very common to see older people working jobs there that teens would work here. If young people think it's challenging getting work here after college it's very difficult in Spain.

 

[Anastasis 23,458]

Full retard.

[David Dennison 18,847]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Full retard.

This seems like as good a time as any to remind everyone that capitalism will be relegated to the dust bin of history one day.

 

[Incredulity 11,650]

So basically another Occupy_________?