Not Afraid to Be Free
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Not Afraid to Be Free
@kmita3
The Trinity. #Constitution. USMC Mom. Don't Tread, Commie. 🇺🇸

Private equity firms are buying classic American food restaurants and destroying the quality and raising prices Popular places now owned by private equity firms Carl’s Jr. Sonic Arby’s Buffalo Wild Wings Jimmy John’s Baskin-Robbins Dunkin’ Auntie Anne’s Moe’s Southwest Grill Jamba Carvel Schlotzsky’s McAlister’s Deli Cinnabon Hardee’s Miller’s Ale House Jim ’N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q Subway “They've all been bought out by private equity firms. If you've noticed, the quality at food chains keeps getting worse while the prices increase. This is why — Private equity has been busy consolidating restaurants to cut labor, install their own operators, extract fees, and maximize profits” “This is only the tip of the iceberg”




UPDATE: I’m really struggling to call what happens next On one hand, Trump needs an off-ramp to limit the global economic damage and growing domestic political pressure Iran would also like this war to end before more cities are leveled and more leaders are killed On the other hand, Iran is doing surprisingly well controlling the Strait, striking the Gulf and Israel, and selling oil for more than twice the price than before the war, making a killing And on the American side, troops are heading to the region for what increasingly looks like a ground operation to control Hormuz Negotiations are the most promising development since February 28th. But Iran's warnings to Gulf nations against supporting any ground operation, combined with maximalist demands from both sides, make a deal unlikely in the short term






Don't listen to the spin coming from Senate Republicans. Democrats got everything they wanted. American voters got screwed. There was a reason why John Thune scheduled the vote while the nation was asleep - so they could skip town before voters woke up and discovered what they had done. And here's the real kick in the pants - Republican senators left for yet another vacation without doing anything about the Save America Act. There's no polite way to say this - but Senate Republicans are sabotaging the midterm elections and President Trump's agenda.









