Superscary Wrote:
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> son of life Wrote:
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> > Fuck you and your anti-American attitude.
> Please
> > kill yourself soon. you will thank me later for
> > suggesting this. Good luck!
>
> Once again we have such an intelligent response.
> What time do the trolls go to bed or is it Ryan?
>
> A restaurant group who owns and operates two
> restaurants of similar size and theme for over
> twenty years did a study. Menu prices at each
> location are similar as well. These two
> restaurants had very similar revenue and net
> profits before Arlington County imposed a meals
> tax. These two restaurants are provided with the
> same quality control mechanisms, employee and
> server training, same food quality and food
> pricing, and same management group. Key findings
> from a basic study of the two restaurants show
> that:
>
> The wait staff in the Arlington County restaurant
> earns 20 percent less than the wait staff in the
> Fairfax County restaurant.
>
> In the 20 years since Arlington County imposed a
> meals tax, the difference in sales between the two
> restaurants from the same chain has been over $3
> million less for the Arlington County restaurant.
>
>
> While there are certainly other economic factors
> involved it is undeniable that the meals tax has
> had a large adverse effect on the Arlington County
> restaurant.
>
> So if the field is leveled and Fairfax County also
> implements a meals tax I would expect the same
> results, less revenue from actual meals sold and
> smaller tips.
>
> The coffers will grow because of the meals tax on
> readymade food. The county will be jumping for
> joy; however, lost on them are the extra expense
> is on the backs of the poor and elderly using
> 7/11, fast food and ready meal alternatives and
> there will be loss to restaurant servers incomes.
> The ultimate result is keeping the poor, poorer,
> rather than the BOS and SB living within their
> budgets.
Thank you for posting some facts. You can expect Ryan McElveen, Pat Hynes, the "derper" guy and the rest to respond with a tirade of vulgarity.
At least one retirement community is going to bus residents to the polls to vote against the tax. The community is exempt from the tax but residents look forward to their day out each month, and see no reason to pay any more for it.
The County's disregard for the elderly and disabled is just plain wrong:
https://fairfaxvotenoonthemealstax.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/vote-no-on-the-meals-tax-the-meals-tax-targets-the-elderly-and-disabled/