07-27-2023, 09:13 PM
Imagine you're a worker at Burger King somewhere in East Hawaii (it may or may not be at a classified location in Hilo or Pahoa).
You take a couple of classes at HCC to hopefully escape from your serfdom, (note for some readers of this forum - not to be confused with surfdom).
You learn:
* The dairy industry receives huge price supports, so Burger King can get cheap milk products and cheese.
* Same for the beef industry.
* The corporate business structure allows Buger King to dodge billions in taxes, just a single example:
( https://americansfortaxfairness.org/issu...tax-dodge/ )
* They benefit from cheap transPacific shipping because the oil industry receives huge subsidies.
* You the employee at the Pahoa or Hilo location who can't even afford to buy a Whopper for an hour of flipping those burger patties on the grill start to wonder, maybe my employer shouldn't be named Burger King, but would better be called Welfare Queen?
You take a couple of classes at HCC to hopefully escape from your serfdom, (note for some readers of this forum - not to be confused with surfdom).
You learn:
* The dairy industry receives huge price supports, so Burger King can get cheap milk products and cheese.
* Same for the beef industry.
* The corporate business structure allows Buger King to dodge billions in taxes, just a single example:
( https://americansfortaxfairness.org/issu...tax-dodge/ )
* They benefit from cheap transPacific shipping because the oil industry receives huge subsidies.
* You the employee at the Pahoa or Hilo location who can't even afford to buy a Whopper for an hour of flipping those burger patties on the grill start to wonder, maybe my employer shouldn't be named Burger King, but would better be called Welfare Queen?