@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Nobody said certification happens at the till, genius. The question is whether certifiers collect a fee per item sold, as you claimed. Recovering business expenses through pricing doesn’t prove that. Two days of arguing and you still can’t substantiate your original claim. 😂
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 “It isn’t a choice”? 😂 The franchise voluntarily chooses halal certification, just as consumers choose where to eat. A cost being factored into pricing doesn’t make it an enforced tax. By your logic, every business expense is compulsory. You’re dense
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Your own screenshot literally says “collected FROM the price of the item.” 😂 And certification doesn’t mean a fee is collected for every unit sold. Fixed licensing fees exist. You’ve now resorted to arguing FOR vs FROM while contradicting your own screenshot lmao😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You literally called it an “enforced tax” and claimed a fee was collected from every certified item’s price. Now you’re pretending you only meant consumers were “burdened.” That’s not clarification, that’s backpedalling. Still waiting for evidence of your original claim.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Your exact words were “a fee for every certified item is collected from the price of the item.” That’s a specific factual claim. Where’s your evidence? You’ve spent more time arguing semantics and throwing insults than substantiating it. Reposting your claim isn’t proof. 😭😭😭🤣
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Your original claim was that religious bodies collect a fee from EVERY certified item sold. You’ve provided zero evidence of that. Instead, you’ve spent hours arguing dictionary definitions and calling people stupid. Repeating a claim doesn’t make it true. This is embarrassing.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You’ve gone from franchise economics to imaginary taxes to dictionary definitions, contradicting yourself at every turn. Every time your argument collapses, you move the goalposts. Being confidently wrong isn’t an achievement. I’m done educating you for free.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You posted a definition distinguishing taxation from being burdened and thought it proved your point? 😂 Costs can burden consumers without being taxes. Your original claim was about a financial charge, not someone being “strained.” Nice attempt at moving the goalposts.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You keep proving there’s demand for a bacon-style burger, not that selling actual pork makes better business sense. A substitute lets them satisfy that demand without excluding halal customers. That’s literally market segmentation and profitability at work.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@DarrylLeRoux@News24 “No one dismissed profitability” yet you literally said “not selling pork at Burger King in SA is not a matter of profitability.” Those are YOUR words. You’ve categorically ruled out profitability without seeing a single financial statement. Do you even read what you write?
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You don’t get to redefine taxation because your argument fell apart. Consumers also bear the costs of rent, wages and royalties. Are those taxes too? A volume-based fee describes how a cost is calculated, not who bears it. confusing cost recovery with taxation. Basic economics.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You literally said it wasn’t a matter of profitability, you’re backtracking. A substitute existing proves demand for the PRODUCT, not necessarily pork. Demand alone doesn’t equal profitability. arguing franchise economics while struggling to grasp basic commercial principles.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 You’ve repeated yourself without addressing a single point. A fee charged per unit is still a business expense, not automatically a tax. By your logic, per liter fuel transport costs and per unit franchise royalties are taxes too. Do you actually understand basic economics?
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 SANHA charges franchise outlets R500 monthly. Yes, some ABATTOIRS pay per animal slaughtered. That doesn’t mean Burger King pays a fee per burger sold. And calculating a business expense per unit doesn’t magically make it a tax. Learn the difference.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Since when does calculating an expense per unit magically turn it into a tax? Freight, packaging and royalties can all be charged per unit. You’re confusing cost allocation with taxation. The confidence with which you misunderstand basic economics is remarkable.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 Businesses recover all sorts of operating costs through their prices. That doesn’t make every expense a tax. Even if certification fees are volume based, that doesn’t prove customers pay a specific surcharge per item. You’re confusing cost recovery with taxation.
@walkdd@TheSweetRoach@Jefe1731966@DarrylLeRoux@News24 SANHA publicly lists its certification fees. Restaurants and franchises pay licensing fees, not a religious tax on every burger sold. It’s a voluntary commercial expense. You’re confusing the cost of certification with taxation.