Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think financial success is great, I enjoy mine, such as it is. Mind you I think the US system is one of the worst of the countries exercising a free market economy. Enterprise works very well in many other countries than the US believe me. I have not had problems with Americans being evil in business, quite the reverse, but ignorant of the other 94% of the world? yes big time. Frank On 18 Apr 2004, at 17:38, allan yates wrote: > 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? > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >