Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Apparently in the minds of these people, financial success = evil. The world business haters are at their core socialists, masquerading as "compassionate liberals" and "progressives." The success of Starbucks proves once again that the free enterprise system works, and that America works. It also proves that socialism is a failure for everyone except aspiring autocrats who are greedy for power and those who are "entitled" to the fruits of everyone else's labor while they do nothing of value. Summicron1@aol.com wrote: i've seen the world business haters going after starbuck, never been sure why. a coffee shop is a coffee shop. drink the stuff or don't, but they did raise the bar, and now my town has a couple of locally owned coffee s hops as a result, but we still don't have a starbucks. ctrentelman l'il old ogden, utah In a message dated 4/18/04 7:41:55 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > I know nothing about their policies (but they sound good). > > I have nothing against them though. I remember the visits to > the US before Starbucks expanded. You couldn't get a good > cup of coffee _anywhere_ :) > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢