youtube.com — Goldman Sachs (one of the BK's largest owners) squandered 6.5 billion of our taxpayer dollars on bonuses for their financial staff. Meanwhile, Burger King workers earn wages averaging just $14,000 a year -- well below the federal poverty line for a family of three.
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w3berFeb 18, 2009
nah, corporate greed allows corporations huge profits. They can increase salaries and still sell at $5.99 with a lower profit margin.
bastiphanFeb 18, 2009
You realize that corporations exist to make a profit, right?
liberaljarheadFeb 18, 2009
The folks that are blaming the employees for being poor (as if that excuses breaking the law by paying below minimum wage or not paying overtime) are the same kind of people who blame rape victims for the way they dress. Talking about bad choices - self-righteous, selfish creeps with no social consciences. News flash, folks - we are our brothers' and sisters' keepers; a society is judged by history by the way it treats those who are hardest up, and this society is looking pretty sociopathic. You can judge a person's level of moral development by how far his or her empathy reaches...
dmtherobFeb 18, 2009
Students graduating College are finding the market flooded. Have you seen the news? Job Fairs are seeing record numbers of College grads willing to work anywhere. Engineering Graduates are having to find work as carpenters or work in a factory rather than being able find jobs in their fields.Students find work are having a hard time paying for College<a class="user" href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/general/2006-02-22-student-loans-usat_x.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/general/2006-0 ...</a>
jlhawseFeb 20, 2009
no wonder they have a king
rawclyceMar 5, 2009
Exactly. And then look at the idiocy of the comment above yours, pjpark.