Hassle in Haight over McDonald's menu change

[Francesca9]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

What would seemingly be an issue of capitalism and supply and demand in any other city, or any other neighborhood in San Francisco, has instead morphed into another battle between merchants and the homeless in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood:

The McDonald's at the corner of Haight and Stanyan streets eliminated its Dollar Menu about a month ago, making the items on it too expensive for the people who spend the better part of their day on the sidewalk in front.

Street people who for years have depended on the McDonald's to eat say it's become a de facto sit/lie ordinance. But the franchise owner says she's just trying to make a little extra money.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/06/BA7H1F4J2T.DTL

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The corporate war against the homeless continues

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Let's see if the same crowd turns out to bash the homeless in this thread

as they did in this one, posted earlier today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9084653

I swear, I don't recognize this place any longer.

[Posteritatis]

3. Well, that link certainly sent me running for some aspirin.. ugh. (nt)

[FreeState]

2. K&R

"Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?"

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

[bobbolink]

4. Thank you.. that one is important. But even more so in that same chapter

is the information that this is how people are going to be JUDGED.

Not on their personal piety, but on how they treat 'the least of these".

Thanks.. for such an important verse, it is certainly mostly forgotten!

[customerserviceguy]

5. The dollar menu

at the fast food restaurants is a loss leader designed to bring in traffic that might want something besides what's on that dollar menu. Besides, in high-rent locations, it's just impossible to make any money on a dollar item after you've paid all your expenses.

[flvegan]

6. The very fact that anyone in this country goes hungry is shameful.

The very fact that so many people in this country goes hungry just plain pisses me off.