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[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, McDonald's manages to pay employees in Europe a living wage, and it didn't make the food completely unaffordable.

On the other hand, in the states, for a small meal just to yourself it's more than $10, closer to $15 a lot of the time.

So the prices are going up here and they're still not paying people worth a damn. I wonder what the disconnect here could be?

From what I understand, their sales are down, and so they've jacked up prices to fix the gap.

[-] skulblaka@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Fair point. That works for Europe because I think greed is less of an all-consuming force over across the pond, maybe. We've managed to make it something of a way of life here in the States.

Hopefully I'm wrong, and there is a way out of this hellhole that doesn't involve mass unemployment. But given our past record with most things, I'm not holding my breath.

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