Domino's Pizza funds fixing potholes in American towns.

[Hatterleigh]

On the matter, while I personally hate domino's pizza at least they are proving that businesses can indeed do good things to the society.

Domino's Pizza is, like, the best pizza chain in the united states. And this is coming from someone who lives in New York, so I eat quality pizza more often than not. What do you mean!?!?!?

[Great Minarchistan]

Good, that's the nature of the thing. We get the potholes solved and they gain a good rep and more profit. Win win.

FWIW, it´s not enough to make much of a dent in the number of potholes that exist across the country.

I know, yet it's still something. At the price of $60 a pothole, the planned $100k funding is enough to tap 1670 of them. For a company that wasn't even mandated to do this -- truthfully the govt should do this, emphasis on should -- it's pretty good.

[Great Minarchistan]

On the matter, while I personally hate domino's pizza at least they are proving that businesses can indeed do good things to the society.

Domino's Pizza is, like, the best pizza chain in the united states. And this is coming from someone who lives in New York, so I eat quality pizza more often than not. What do you mean!?!?!?

Maybe because I live in brazil and my family ordered one from their franchising here or because it happened a year ago. Or both

[Grubensfeld]

The roads of everywhere I have traveled in the USA (except you West VA) are splendidly awesome compared to the ones in Puerto Rico.

I see you haven’t been in Atlanta, Home of the metal plate for a road

Or better yet, driving interstate 80 between Chicago and California. Riddled with potholes. Not so fun hitting them at 80+ mph either.

[Van Riebeeck Land]

[Auze]

(Image)

Worst party in Vic2, hands down.

[Australian rePublic]

It doesn't matter whether they care or not, they are getting the job done.

That's not really my point. I'm just saying don't make Domino's out to be some hero making life better in small town America or some such. I'm just pointing out that this is 100% profit motivated, and any "getting job[s] done" is a mere side effect.

Who bloody cares? The pot holes are fixed, so that's the end of it

[Terra Novae Libero]

The problem is even if you raise the minimum wage, you'll probably only fuel automation like kiosks and self-checkouts.

A Government that can legislate a higher minimum wage can also bar companies from automation if it wants. That's not a good argument.

in that case it ought to hire people to dig ditches with spoons

[Krasny-Volny]

What guarantee do they have that the grant money will actually be spent on fixing the potholes?

[Great Minarchistan]

What guarantee do they have that the grant money will actually be spent on fixing the potholes?

Their word, they promised it.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Good for them.

Sad that the Trump administration, that said he would fix America's infrastructure, is losing to a pizza joint.

Domino's Pizza cinnamon sticks are awesome and even with a 4 dollar tip a large pizza + cinnamon sticks + nestea is only 18 bucks.

Domino's you are awesome.

"You see this issue that has been a problem in america for a while now? Y'know, the problem that multiple presidents and governers have claimed they are going to fix, but never did? Well, yeah, it's all trumps fault."

>Trump promises to fix America's infrastructure if elected
>He doesn't
>"It's not his fault cuz other people said that they would too and they never did!!111!"

fucking what
this is his 100% his fault that the roads he can throw money at to fix are fucked the what are you talking about

The taxation is worth it tho.

Looking at your tax code and at the results of govt spending, I seriously doubt it

>results of govt spending
>I have money thanks to social program
>I have treatment for my mental health problem
>"doubt it"

k

[Great Minarchistan]

>results of govt spending
>I have money thanks to social program
>I have treatment for my mental health problem
>"doubt it"

k

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

[Washington Resistance Army]

>results of govt spending
>I have money thanks to social program
>I have treatment for my mental health problem
>"doubt it"

k

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

Herp is Canadian, not American.

[Great Minarchistan]

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

Herp is Canadian, not American.

Latter still applies, former corrected to 35 million

[Ifreann]

That's not really my point. I'm just saying don't make Domino's out to be some hero making life better in small town America or some such. I'm just pointing out that this is 100% profit motivated, and any "getting job[s] done" is a mere side effect.

Who bloody cares? The pot holes are fixed, so that's the end of it

Is it, though? If Domino's start doing this, local governments might start putting less money towards repairing roads themselves. Then the roads won't get repaired.



What I'm saying is ban Domino's.

[The Anglo-American Commonwealth]

[...]the potholes will stay a necessary evil[...].

Fuck that. I come from Detroit, and the roads are unbearably bad here. With all the craters, I feel like I'm driving a moon rover half the time.

It's disgraceful that a sub-par pizza chain is more attentive to this issue than the government. It really does all come down to spending, though; if we invested in thicker roads that can better withstand the weather and big trucks, potholes wouldn't nearly be as big a problem.

Good on Domino's, I guess, but they're putting a band-aid on a third degree burn.

[United American Commomwealth]

This pisses me off because Domino's essentially hijacked the efforts of Portland's anarchists (who were doing it sans advertising) and now they're getting all the praise for clever advertising.

http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/06/15/do ... impressed/

That would imply anarchists do anywork

[Krasny-Volny]

This pisses me off because Domino's essentially hijacked the efforts of Portland's anarchists (who were doing it sans advertising) and now they're getting all the praise for clever advertising.

http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/06/15/do ... impressed/

That would imply anarchists do anywork

I believe the anarchists in the article probably refuse to work or are self-employed, given how universally hostile they seemed to be towards employers of any kind. Also the fact they have the free time to go around filling potholes for nothing.

The guys who were filling in the potholes said something about how employers like Domino's are profiting unfairly from work they did not do themselves, but their exploited and oppressed employees did for them.

With an attitude like that, I guess applying to join the city road crew is out of the question.

[Freezic Vast]

Look at Pennsylvania's roads and you'll see what I have to deal with every fucking day. PennDot is terrible, especially where I live where they allocate funding to build a new highway to get big rigs off my street heading for the local community college, instead of actually fixing the potholes in the surrounding area. In other words I would not mind Domino's trying to do this.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

>results of govt spending
>I have money thanks to social program
>I have treatment for my mental health problem
>"doubt it"

k

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

And so is my Nana and my uncle after he got an herniated disk.
Also what

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

As a former employee of this company, I can assure you that they don't care about potholes or the people driving over them, except in considering them as possible customers. They especially don't give a crap about their own drivers. They want people to think of them as nice people (they're not) who care (they don't) so that you'll like them and buy more of their terrible products. And get their logo on the roads of course.

This is a clever advertising scheme meant to increase revenue and nothing more.

I know you don't like them, but I got a really great pizza with cinmon sticks for 18 bucks.

Shockingly cheep.

[Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a21288286/dominos-potholes/
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/ ... ne/562829/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... astructure

Apparently, Domino's Pizza, the largest pizza chain in America, has decided to give pothole repair grants to towns in need of it, called "Paving For Pizza", after the CP+B ad agency told them to do so.

They're planning to give pothole repair grants of up to $5000 to 20 towns this year, and possibly more, as the potholes can cause "irreversible damage to your pizza”, on the condition that the repaired potholes would be painted with a Domino's logo. The pilot program has already been launched in Bartonville, TX, Milford, DE, Athens, GA and Burbank, CA.

What do you think?

In my opinion, it's a quite clever advertising gimmick, and it puts American infrastructure problems in the spotlight. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers claims, the damage will cost Americans $240m over the next 4 years.
However, I don't think Americans would actually pay more in taxes to have it all repaired, so the potholes will stay a necessary evil in a low-tax country.

I have no objection to a private company willing to give grants for pothole repair. Even if this is purely a P.R move.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

>results of govt spending
>I have money thanks to social program
>I have treatment for my mental health problem
>"doubt it"

k

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

The inverse of that is true too. Just beacuse one person isn't getting the help they need doesn't mean that there aren't people being helped by it.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Wow. Good work US government. A pizza place is doing your job. This is quite sad, actually, even if they don't have enough money to fix more than a few potholes.

[Great Minarchistan]

Because your anecdotal experience clearly reflects the same result experienced by the other 325000000 American citizens...
It's not like welfare spending reduces investment either

And so is my Nana and my uncle after he got an herniated disk.
Also what

>Be LBJ
>1960s
>Creates corporate welfare
>Trillions in tax money went to waste
But of course your grandma and your uncle were benefited by it (or not, t. rising medical prices), clearly turns the whole thing good

On the last one, welfare is effectively a governmental move to push consumption, as you are increasing taxation or deficits -- draining savings -- only so you can boost PCE. By doing both, you crowd out investment participation on the economy.