Posted on 05/28/2024 2:13:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Little by little, our standard of living has been eroding. A couple decades ago, we had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now most of the country is struggling. At this point, fast food is considered to be a “luxury”, 11 million children are living in poverty, and thousands of stores are permanently shutting down all over the United States because consumers have so little discretionary income these days. We are in the midst of a historic cost of living crisis, and those at the bottom of the economic food chain are being hit the hardest.
The ultra-wealthy don’t really care that food costs have been soaring, but for those that are barely scraping by from month to month it makes an enormous difference.
Once upon a time, fast food restaurants were where those that were struggling went to eat.
But now fast food is considered to be a “luxury” in 2024, and that is because fast food prices have gone absolutely haywire…
A Big Mac sandwich at McDonald’s, for example, cost $3.99 in 2019. Now, that price has more than doubled to $8.29, according to Fast Food Menu Prices, an online tracker.
Gone, too, are the days of the $5 Footlong at Subway. A BLT Footlong that cost $5.50 in 2019 now costs customers $8.49 in 2024, though prices can vary by location. Additionally, Chipotle’s beloved chicken burrito that cost $6.50 in 2019 now runs customers $10.70.
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How many of those 11 million children are illegal aliens?
Marxists HATE the middle class and the rural folk.
I paid 11.38 for a 1/4 pounder cheese burger meal today. And the food was not fast. Every once in a while I jones for McDonald’s
Someone posted on Twitter about a poll which showed Trump and Biden even in the polls on Sunday morning.
Then on Monday morning Trump was up five or six points.
Everyone was asking how this could possibly be.
I replied that people went to the grocery store on Sunday to buy food for the week.
Isn’t this absolute proof that biden’s “Build Back Better “ is working????
The polls are very untrustworthy. MAGA people who believe them are in for a big disappointment.
Isn’t this absolute proof that biden’s “Build Back Better “ is working????
This is the destruction phase.
And I hate Marxists right back.
Probably too many.
Poverty in America? IMPOSSIBLE! That was solved back in 1964 with Lyndon Johnson’s WAR ON POVERTY!
There has been a fundamental transformation.
I’m getting really tired of hearing that the “super wealthy aren’t concerned with the high cost of food.” As if only people with 100s of millions of dollars or billionaires are the only people who aren’t concerned about rising costs. There are millions of people who are in the $150,000 up to $500,000 who aren’t a bit worried about themselves. They just don’t realize that will also go through our tyrannical government grinder too, eventually.
More money printing for Ukraine! We don’t need no stinkin kids, we need war and pedifilies.
When it was a kid fast food was a luxury as we nearly always ate at home.
Plus we grew our own food.
Illegals and the poor eat better than us tax payers. They are fat for a reason. EBT FOOD STAMPS AND PAPA WORKS UNDER THE TABLE.
“11 million children are living in poverty”
Where do you live Leroy?
New York City
How much will NYC spend on average for a child’s K-12 education?
Nearly $500,000!
There are million who earn above $100,000 that are concerned about inflation.
Regarding fast food, there were too many locations, and they have priced themselves out of the market. I get that their costs are up, and number sold are down. They could reduce cost per serving if they had higher volume. It is a tough circle where some are going to fail.
LOL, Fast Food was designed as a “Luxury”...
Do you mean that MAGA people who believe in these polls are going to be in for a big disappointment, or do you mean MAGA people, in general, are in for a big disappointment?
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