Starbucks gets a pay back...

[thereisnospoon]

"Thanks Obama"? Seriously? By what stretch of the imagination can you blame this on the President?

Thank the corporate masters for this...

Obama is the guy. The leader. The one in charge.
You Obama supporters remind us of this often.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Never been a Starbucks fan it has nothing to do with this thread just never been a fan.

friends font let friends drink starbucks

 

[thereisnospoon]

"Thanks Obama"? Seriously? By what stretch of the imagination can you blame this on the President?

Thank the corporate masters for this...

Isn't the President responsible for what happens on his watch??

It sure seems that the Left held President G. W. Bush responsible for everything...

Obama doesn't seem to be responsible for anything, according to the left at least.

No..Of course not. And behind the podium in the WH press room we have Jay Carney( White House lackey) bullshitting the WHY Press with the same recorded and programmed response.
"I can assure you that no one in the White House was aware at the time this was occurring".

 

[thereisnospoon]

"Thanks Obama"? Seriously? By what stretch of the imagination can you blame this on the President?

Thank the corporate masters for this...

Isn't the President responsible for what happens on his watch??

It sure seems that the Left held President G. W. Bush responsible for everything...

Obama doesn't seem to be responsible for anything, according to the left at least.

So people held Bush responsible for the growth of Starbucks during HIS watch? Show us the threads on that.

Non sequitur.
Why is it that every inquiry regarding Obama is results in a "Bush did it" or "It's Bush's fault" response?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Never been a Starbucks fan it has nothing to do with this thread just never been a fan.

Check out what this guy thinks of Starbucks.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyG60KT-MY]The Kid From Brooklyn - Starbucks Stick it up Your @$$ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

...and the smaller guys bite the dust. THANK YOU, OBAMA!

After 15 years, the V.A. is pushing his coffee business out and bringing in a Starbucks instead.

“The government is supposed to support small business, and the agreement with Starbucks and the V.A. really just smashes small businesses nationwide,” he said.

The decision doesn’t just affect Gilmore. The deal with Starbucks affects 150 medical centers nationwide

Feds Forcing Small Business Owner Out In Favor Of Starbucks « CBS Sacramento

What does this have to do with the president?

He is in control. His administration is RULING!

You think he sat there in the Oval Office, picked up the phone, called the head of the V.A. and told them to replace all of their coffee baristas with Starbucks?

Don't be such a horse's ass.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

What does this have to do with the president?

He is in control. His administration is RULING!

You think he sat there in the Oval Office, picked up the phone, called the head of the V.A. and told them to replace all of their coffee baristas with Starbucks?

Don't be such a horse's ass.

Do you think the fact that Starbucks donated lots of money to Obama had nothing to do with this?

 

[Avorysuds]

"Thanks Obama"? Seriously? By what stretch of the imagination can you blame this on the President?

Thank the corporate masters for this...

What do you call it when corporate and Government are one? Hmm, not free markets.... it's not capitalism.... Gosh, what's that called again??

 

[Avorysuds]

...and the smaller guys bite the dust. THANK YOU, OBAMA!

After 15 years, the V.A. is pushing his coffee business out and bringing in a Starbucks instead.

“The government is supposed to support small business, and the agreement with Starbucks and the V.A. really just smashes small businesses nationwide,” he said.

The decision doesn’t just affect Gilmore. The deal with Starbucks affects 150 medical centers nationwide

Feds Forcing Small Business Owner Out In Favor Of Starbucks « CBS Sacramento

I thought you guys loved thee free market, no? You know, if you have a better business, you can take over whatever business you want.

Its the American way, righty?

Can you explain how a centralized government contract has anything to do with the free market?

He can't, yet he wants to be taken seriously.

Free markets means "Government collecting taxes, then giving million or billions to corporations it chooses!"

So the coffee shop owner the Government put out of business must be thrilled about all the tax dollars the Government took from them, then gave to Starbucks so that Starbucks could crush them....

Then again, why are we giving fucking any company, big or small, money to sell crap in a cup to Vets?

 

[Avorysuds]

...and the smaller guys bite the dust. THANK YOU, OBAMA!

After 15 years, the V.A. is pushing his coffee business out and bringing in a Starbucks instead.

“The government is supposed to support small business, and the agreement with Starbucks and the V.A. really just smashes small businesses nationwide,” he said.

The decision doesn’t just affect Gilmore. The deal with Starbucks affects 150 medical centers nationwide

Feds Forcing Small Business Owner Out In Favor Of Starbucks « CBS Sacramento

What does this have to do with the president?

Well, in defense of the OP, Obama could go line by line of the budget and scrap paying starbucks... But, then Obama would have to actually live up to a meaningful promise he madse.

 

[FA_Q2]

What does this have to do with the president?

He is in control. His administration is RULING!

You think he sat there in the Oval Office, picked up the phone, called the head of the V.A. and told them to replace all of their coffee baristas with Starbucks?

Don't be such a horse's ass.

He does not need to. He is heads the institution and as such reaps the blame for failures and misdeeds as much as the credit for its successes. I keep reminding the people on this board of this basic fact and yet we continually end up here….

 

[Franticfrank]

This really can't be blamed on the president. But I've heard lots of questions raised about Starbucks and proper tax payments. The president and others need to make sure America's largest companies are taxed correctly.

 

[FA_Q2]

This really can't be blamed on the president. But I've heard lots of questions raised about Starbucks and proper tax payments. The president and others need to make sure America's largest companies are taxed correctly.

Blame and responsibility are two entirely different concepts.

Also, you can’t ensure that large companies are taxed right. The tax code is such a massive and complex jumble of bullshit that no one anywhere understands it in its entirety or how it impacts an entity of that size. It is asinine.