Yup. That's why it actually ended. If it were the government, they'd just keep racking up debt saying "but it's got to work sooner or later!"

Sad, but true, given that she can hardly add 1 and 1 without getting zero.

Ocasio-Cortez majored in international relations and economics at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 2011.

Hard to believe, isn't it? I will now look at graduates from Boston University as dumb bricks.

You just said it, 'thinking' is the hard part!

She has a degree in economics?!

And what made anybody think that that could possibly work?

The old saw about socialism working until you run out of other people's money applies here. Except that Panera did not take my money by force. They spent their own money to subsidize this for 8 years. That's fine.

One wonders what these people are thinking, if indeed they ARE thinking. AOC is a piece of work, dompletely disconnected from reality. Stopping air travel and getting all energy from sunlight and wind. What happens at night with no sunlight and perhaps no suitable wind..

Of course in AS, there was no air travel either, Do they really think socialism will work?? hard to believe.

Bankrupting our country is likely what the enemies of America want. And they’ve been hard at it.

Leftist View: "There should be a law that PREVENTS them from closing these stores ESPECIALLY if they lose money, BECAUSE that PROVES people NEED it!"

ROTFLMAO...

To quote my daughters friend "Yes, we should TRY to take care of everyone, even if it Bankrupts our country... Don't you care?"

Unless you have a degree from a modern university led by professors more interested in social justice than reality. [cough, cough] Paging AOC...

Common sense is all that would be needed to see that this socialist idea can only work until the wealth of panera was depleted, and then BK ensues

Too bad I never heard about the free food. I would have partaken for sure. Who wouldnt.

Are they kidding? I am not a restaurant chain owner but it doesnt take some sort of degree to realize this idea is complete nonsense.

Sounds just like what you hear from a liberal studies class. Power to the Democrats, our way or no way, burn it all down and all that.

I'm beginning to notice that the highly developed "social consciousness" of most Metro areas are of the mind that corporations, like Panera, are entities of the rich that obtained their wealth by ripping off the masses and the poor and by exploitation of the workers. Therefore, sarcastically saying, taking free stuff from such entities whenever possible until they go out of business is a duty and a right. Clearly the Panera management, who are so desperately trying to be socially responsible here, can see the social justice visited upon their establishment.

Lol. Best response!

That wasn’t real Paneraism!

Problem is...Panera simply did it the wrong way. Let's try again, tomorrow...it's bound to work, this time.

Signed - Bernie Occassio-Cortez Maduro

I knew a guy who ran an appliance store in Berkeley in the early 70's (I was young and stupid then) who set up a system where the employees would set their own pay, and all employees had to agree with the results. Not sure how long that lasted, but you can imagine the results. Hint: Didn't last long.

Yep, pulled right out of a hat, no doubt!

Someone needs to explain to the masses what Medicare, as instituted now, really is. For starters, it's not free. Retirees pay a premium out of their Social Security payments, and it only covers 80% of medical costs. Medicare recipients either pay for the other 20% out of pocket, or fork over another monthly premium for supplemental coverage.

The scam currently going on is that no one would have to pay anything for medical care, but to institute that policy, the cost would be much higher than even the $35T ten year estimates given. Expect to see Harris and others waffle on that promise as the primaries get closer and questions get harder to answer. Gleaming socialist promises can't stand the light of day.

And this is why Progressivism only "works" when it is implemented via the point of a legislatively dictated gun ... those who have, must be forced to pay for those who do not have.

They were probably instituted by the same professors who gave Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez here degree in economics...

Hard to believe that the fearless leaders of Panera wouldn't know from a solid business education that such a business model wouldn't work. Oh wait... if their business indoctrina... er ah education came from a left wing academy they really wouldn't know. Looks like they got fooled again, LOL!