I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[Box Ox]

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Thought I’d open up the McDonald’s app here in America and check this for you.

Whoops.

 

[rickyb]

Thought I’d open up the McDonald’s app here in America and check this for you.

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Whoops.

Wat state u in?

 

[UnionStrong]

Wat state u in?

Intoxication

 

[Box Ox]

Wat state u in?

A southern one. But should that matter anyway?

Your source material disingenuously pegs the $5.82 price of a Big Mac to the $7.25 national minimum wage. Whereas in reality, a McDonald's charging $5.82 for a Big Mac is likely paying their workers quite a bit more due to a higher locally mandated minimum wage.

 

[UnionStrong]

A southern one. But should that matter anyway?

Your source material disingenuously pegs the $5.82 price of a Big Mac to the $7.25 national minimum wage. Whereas in reality, a McDonald's charging $5.82 for a Big Mac is likely paying their workers quite a bit more due to a higher locally mandated minimum wage.

In the south Big Macs are cheaper because they use possum instead of beef.

 

[UnionStrong]

A southern one. But should that matter anyway?

Your source material disingenuously pegs the $5.82 price of a Big Mac to the $7.25 national minimum wage. Whereas in reality, a McDonald's charging $5.82 for a Big Mac is likely paying their workers quite a bit more due to a higher locally mandated minimum wage.

And no one is working for minimum wage today.

 

[Box Ox]

In the south Big Macs are cheaper because they use possum instead of beef.

It's not so bad. You can only really tell it's possum if you chew slowly and try to notice it.

 

[rickyb]

A southern one. But should that matter anyway?

Your source material disingenuously pegs the $5.82 price of a Big Mac to the $7.25 national minimum wage. Whereas in reality, a McDonald's charging $5.82 for a Big Mac is likely paying their workers quite a bit more due to a higher locally mandated minimum wage.

Yea bc i want to know ur min wage u nit

And no prices are not tied to costs

 

[Box Ox]

Yea bc i want to know ur min wage u nit

I'll try to make this easier for you, comrade.

 

[rickyb]

O yes they are

A tight labor market and state minimum wage increases boosted low-end wage growth between 2019 and 2023

The labor market recovery from the pandemic recession has been tremendous and low-wage workers have been key recipients of those gains, with dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023 as we found in our recent report. These gains were due in part to several large spending bills...

www.epi.org

And no one is working for minimum wage today.

 

[UnionStrong]

O yes they are

A tight labor market and state minimum wage increases boosted low-end wage growth between 2019 and 2023

The labor market recovery from the pandemic recession has been tremendous and low-wage workers have been key recipients of those gains, with dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023 as we found in our recent report. These gains were due in part to several large spending bills...

www.epi.org

Where? Just because it’s posted doesn’t mean companies aren’t paying more. Show me your exhaustive study

 

[rickyb]

Where? Just because it’s posted doesn’t mean companies aren’t paying more. Show me your exhaustive study

Labor Day 2019 | Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage

While the unemployment rate remains at historic lows and the labor market continues to tighten, wage growth has remained below target levels and has indeed showed some signs of slowing in the first half of 2019. Low-wage workers in particular are falling behind because the federal minimum wage...

www.epi.org

 

[UnionStrong]

Labor Day 2019 | Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage

While the unemployment rate remains at historic lows and the labor market continues to tighten, wage growth has remained below target levels and has indeed showed some signs of slowing in the first half of 2019. Low-wage workers in particular are falling behind because the federal minimum wage...

www.epi.org

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2 years old.

 

[rickyb]

2 years old.

Yea so it would b probably b worse now.

America had peak prosperity probably in the 1960s or 1970s

 

[UnionStrong]

Yea so it would b probably b worse now.

America had peak prosperity probably in the 1960s or 1970s

I’m sorry you live in a cave. Employers can’t hire people as it is without raising the pay since no one wants to work. LA just raised the minimum to $17.74 per hr. Cali is 13.

 

[Swanson]

I’m sorry you live in a cave. Employers can’t hire people as it is without raising the pay since no one wants to work. LA just raised the minimum to $17.74 per hr. Cali is 13.

I thought it was West Hollywood considering that.In the city of LA minimum wage is the 15 ups is paying me

 

[rickyb]

I’m sorry you live in a cave. Employers can’t hire people as it is without raising the pay since no one wants to work. LA just raised the minimum to $17.74 per hr. Cali is 13.

Wow theyre actually giving americans a raise like the good old days!

 

[Swanson]

In the south Big Macs are cheaper because they use possum instead of beef.

Didn't Burger King use horse eat on their whoppers?

 

[UnionStrong]

Didn't Burger King use horse eat on their whoppers?

I hope not.

 

[Swanson]

I hope not.

Burger King Admits Burgers Were Possibly Tainted With Horsemeat

Burger King Admits Burgers Were Possibly Tainted With Horsemeat

www.huffpost.com