Liberal Opens ‘Livable Wage’ Pizzeria, Staff Stunned By What They Receive 2 Years Later
October 25, 2017 Robert Rich
A Boston pizzeria made headlines after it’s liberal owner announced that he would be offering his employees a “livable wage.” However, things have taken an odd turn in the leftist utopia as staff members were left stunned by what they most recently received – just two years after they were hired.
There’s no arguing that everyone would like to make more money. However, the hardest part comes when you try to make that a reality and realize it actually takes some effort on your part. In the end, it either comes down to working hard and climbing your way up the ladder to a position that you’re happy with.
Unfortunately, some think you can just luck out and have someone pay you more than you’re worth and more than they can afford. Thanks to one pizzeria, we’re seeing exactly how that really works out.
The employees at Dudley Dough in Boston, Massachusetts, were lucky enough to be one of the very few to find themselves getting paid more than they should for the job they were hired to do because the “livable wage” pizza joint was run by a liberal who thought they could show the world just how great this model of pay could be.
The shop was opened by a nonprofit organization known as Haley House, run by executive director Bing Broderick, and it started out with simple soup kitchens across the city. However, they’ve most recently ventured into the depths of leftist deception, seeking to prove that companies can, in fact, pay people more than they do.
Of course, in order to do that, they branded the pizzeria as a “non-profit,” meaning that company wouldn’t be able to make a profit, which defeats the purpose of going into business for most people, but I digress. They even shunned the “fight for $15” crowd by offering employees $12.50 an hour to prove their point about a “living wage.” Although it’s not the $15 liberals have demanded, it’s far above market average and minimum wage, so they considered it an improvement and an adequate wage.
Unfortunately for employees who were lucky enough to land a job, getting paid more than they were worth, they were all left stunned by what they were handed most recently. After opening just two years ago, Dudley Dough has handed all their employees their metaphorical pink slips, saying that the store is closing down and that everyone inside would be laid off, IJ Review reports.
So, why exactly are they doing this? Well, according to The Boston Globe, “While popular, the shop is not breaking even financially, which has put stress on the wider nonprofit organization.” Yes, you read that right, the liberal experiment has flat out failed — and it had nothing to do with the product, as even The Globe admits, the pizzeria was popular, but it still couldn’t stay afloat with the “living wage” being paid — and, mind you, that’s with not even expecting to turn a profit.
Sadly, it seems that the leftists in charge can’t even see the situation for what it is as they’re denying that this is the case. “I don’t think anyone is looking at it as a failure,” said Luther Pinckney, a team leader at Dudley Dough, which is in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. “It’s an experiment, and some very good things came out of that, such as skill-building for staff and being in this building at this time of gentrification and change in this community.”
Um, no. This was a failure. Not only did they promise the public that this could work and tricked people into thinking that it would, but they made people dependent on an unsustainable business model. Now, these people who worked for them are out of a job and won’t be able to find work at that income level because everyone else in the city has the common sense to know that it’s too much to pay for this particular skill set.
That’s the problem with the left. They always think they’re helping, but when they break everything – just as conservatives said they would – they just shrug their shoulders and keep walking. Meanwhile, families are suffering and people who have now become accustomed to a higher wage will have to settle for what their job skills are really worth.
Who knows how many people this hurt, but the fact of the matter here is that it was perfectly avoidable. The left wants to say that everyone deserves $15/hour, but it’s just not reasonable. In fact, they’ll find that out the hard way if they keep pushing because business will either be forced to go automated or close down completely. Then, who will they complain to when they don’t have any money coming in?
Long story short, if a non-profit couldn’t afford to pay their employees more, then there is no way this so-called business model could work and turn a profit. In a capitalist society, that has disaster written all over it. No one wants the headache of starting and running a business without the end goal of a profit. That’s not cruel. That’s honesty. It’s time the left start thinking with their brains because, at this point, their model of basing decisions solely on feelings isn’t working.
If it’s too good to be true, then it probably is. If you want something, then you’re going to have to get out there and work for it like the rest of us. Let the entry-level jobs for the kiddos and quit trying to make a career out of them. Sadly, those who were tricked into thinking that something was better than it was are now reaping the results – and it’s not good.
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