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A communal response to a local conspiracy theorist

By Mark | August 2, 2020

As I don’t have very much time today, I thought that perhaps I could count you to help in drafting a response to the following comment, which was left on the site earlier this morning by one of our resident conspiracy theorists. If you want, we can take them sentence by sentence. As I’ve got […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Barack Obama, biostatistics, CDC, China, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, conspiracy theory, COVID-19, Donald Trump, ebola, EOS, fear mongering, flu, golfing, identity politics, Jared Kushner, martial law, Michelle Obama, Monica Echeverri Casarez, power grid, Ron Fricker, TeleTracking Technologies | 179 Comments

Zingerman’s founder Paul Saginaw on his time with Obama, the importance of raising the minimum wage, and why business owners should invest in their employees instead of their lobbyists

By Mark | April 13, 2014

Early last winter, when the National Restaurant Association issued a formal statement about how raising the minimum wage would kill their industry, Paul Saginaw, one of the co-founders of Ann Arbor’s iconic Zingerman’s Deli, felt compelled to respond, and argue in favor of raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25. “We would be irresponsible employers […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Food, Michigan, Politics, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, affordable housing, Ben's Chili Bowl, Busboys and Poets, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, campaign spending, Cheetos, communities of hate, community chest, compassion, Costco, Crain’s Detroit Business, Debbie Dingell, debt, Democratic Steering Committee, Detroit News, dishwashing, emergency relief, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, food service, Gary Peters, hairy underbellies, health insurance, hugs, hypocrisy, Joseph Stiglitz, lobbyists, Lori Saginaw, Lynn Yates, Mark Schauer, Matt Greff, medical debt, minimum wage, Mitch Albom, money as free speech, National Restaurant Association, non-tip restaurants, Obama, Obamacare, open book finance, Paul Saginaw, Planned Parenthood, profit sharing, Raise Michigan, Rene Greff, reuben, Rick Strutz, ROC, Secret Service, Secretary of Labor, student debt, Supreme Court, Thomas Perez, thrivable wage, tipping, Tom Harkin, Zingerman's | 49 Comments

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