[packagingguy]

Australia used to have cheaper food that we do, even in Sydney where I visited. Not sure if it’s still that way.

The other place I went often was Hungary and food was about 60% of what it is here. The catch is that the average Hungarian is paid much, much less than a person in Western Europe or the United States.

[Williams]

Bingo.

[Danie_2023]

“Australia used to have cheaper food that we do, even in Sydney where I visited. Not sure if it’s still that way.

The other place I went often was Hungary and food was about 60% of what it is here. The catch is that the average Hungarian is paid much, much less than a person in Western Europe or the United States.”

But those other nations are lucky in that they’re not inflicted with moronic idiots like Barbara Lee, that want a $50 minimum wage... when the nation itself is about to collapse from unsustainable debt due to the Democrats spending like drunken sailors in Asian ports.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-barbara-lee-in-california-senate-race-says-minimum-wage-should-be-raised-to-50/ar-BB1ikEyF

[HamiltonJay]

Even when adjusted for income US citizens pay way more as a percentage of their earnings on food that most western nations, this is a known and demonstrable fact and has been for a long time