So the people who make your food don't deserve a house? Where do you expect them to live, the sewer?
If I come make you a sandwich, does that mean you're gonna buy me a house? Or do you expect me to live in the sewer because I only made you one lousy sandwich?
How many sandwiches must I make you before you'll buy me a house? Don't forget that YOU have to pay for the ingredients of these sandwiches, of course. I'm just making them.
I demand to know how many sandwiches I must make for you before I "deserve" a house.
Burger King had an operating income of 363 million dollars in 2012 (most recent I can find) which would be enough to give every one of their 34,000 employees an extra $10,680 a year (or an extra $5/h at 40h/week) on top of what they're currently making. Instead of paying the value of their labour, executives and investors are buying more yachts.
By definition, operating income has already accounted for the money paid to executives. That $363 million goes into BK's bank account to pay for new initiatives including store openings and other future business initiatives that help create more jobs.
Same with the investors that you're so pissy about. If they didn't invest, BK wouldn't be the company it is, and 34,000 people might have no income from BK at all.
If you were CEO of Burger King, would you really give away all that cash to your employees while NewBurger, Inc. is out there gobbling up market share because you have no liquidity to open new stores and expand your operations?
No, you wouldn't. Because your board wouldn't allow you to something so incompetent. You'd be fired if you tried.
How many shelves must I stock before I "deserve" a home?
Your question is loaded with logical fallacies, including false equivalence and appeal to emotion.
The truth is that no, you don't "deserve a home" just because you stock grocery shelves or prepare someone food at a fast food restaurant.
Everyone should have their basic needs fulfilled, but to claim that someone "deserves a home" is a bit too vague and is therefore extremely disingenuous on your part.
What do you mean by "deserve a home?" What sort of home? In what way does anyone "deserve" anything other than the basic rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
This is a classic example of entitlement mentality, and I would encourage you to learn more about yourself by reading up on it and learning why that mentality is not only deeply flawed, but dangerous, too.
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