Economy

teachercd said:
People need to stop using the word greed unless you mean it in a good way.

Your business is not in business to break even.  Your business is in business to make as much as possible to still keep customers.  Period.  End of story.    You might cut deals here and there or give discounts or help out good customers, which is smart.  But your business is not a non-profit.  
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So it's not period. End of story. What you're suggesting here is that helping out good customers can make you more profitable in the long run, whereas opportunistic price gouging can make make you a bunch of money quick while hurting your customers and brand reputation. In many cases, a company's customers are also its employees, family members, clients, and community, so there are diminishing returns if you're maximizing profits only for stockholders and executives. 

Despite that Michael Douglas speech -- written by a lefty screenwriter -- greed really sucks. And once again, you're arguing with a phantom poster who claimed businesses should be run as non-profits. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
So it's not period. End of story. What you're suggesting here is that helping out good customers can make you more profitable in the long run, whereas opportunistic price gouging can make make you a bunch of money quick while hurting your customers and brand reputation. In many cases, a company's customers are also its employees, family members, clients, and community, so there are diminishing returns if you're maximizing profits only for stockholders and executives. 

Despite that Michael Douglas speech -- written by a lefty screenwriter -- greed really sucks. And once again, you're arguing with a phantom poster who claimed businesses should be run as non-profits. 
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Ummm, you literally, once again, agreed with me.

Me:  Your business is not in business to break even.  Your business is in business to make as much as possible to still keep customers.  Period.  End of story. 

You:  In many cases, a company's customers are also its employees, family members, clients, and community, so there are diminishing returns if you're maximizing profits only for stockholders and executives. 

Same!  You are trying to make as much as you can WHILE keeping all your customers.   Which we both said.

Also, you are Annie and I am Jimmy Caan




 
Archy1221 said:
I’d bet a large percentage of the population agrees that business greed played a part in inflation but even more of the population if not 99% who pay attention would know it’s not 100% corporate greed like that doofus on X wants to believe”
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You're talking about "people who pay attention" and there appears to be no reason for a Presidential candidate to address those people. It's been tried. People who pay attention understand the economics are nuanced, and there's just no appetite for that discussion.

50% of the country believes inflation is 100% Biden's fault, or at least they're willing to roll with the accusation.

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
You're talking about "people who pay attention" and there appears to be no reason for a Presidential candidate to address those people. It's been tried. People who pay attention understand the economics are nuanced, and there's just no appetite for that discussion.

50% of the country believes inflation is 100% Biden's fault, or at least they're willing to roll with the accusation.
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I think this is just the classic "blame the guy in charge" bit.  It just happens, no matter how wrong it is or how foolish it is.

 
7 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Ummm, you literally, once again, agreed with me.

Me:  Your business is not in business to break even.  Your business is in business to make as much as possible to still keep customers.  Period.  End of story. 

You:  In many cases, a company's customers are also its employees, family members, clients, and community, so there are diminishing returns if you're maximizing profits only for stockholders and executives. 

Same!  You are trying to make as much as you can WHILE keeping all your customers.   Which we both said.

Also, you are Annie and I am Jimmy Caan

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You were asking anyone using the word "greed" to only use it in a good way. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I still think greed can be bad.

If I'm your #1 fan, we are both in trouble.

Good movie, though. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
You were asking anyone using the word "greed" to only use it in a good way. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I still think greed can be bad.

If I'm your #1 fan, we are both in trouble.

Good movie, though. 
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Two GREAT movies! 

Wall Street was cool and back then we still had to pretend that Darryl Hannah was super hot.

Misery...I actually read the book (had to get help with the big words) when I was a kid and then saw the movie...Katy Bates was AMAZING.

 




lol. There was a 500 point slide in 2018. We'll see how this ends up comparing. Does the fact this dumbs#!t have a voice at all mean that there are a s#!t ton of people even dumber than he is?

 
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