Why is fast food so damn expensive now?

the combos are bullshit. That's how they get you. Don't go for the combo.

Go to subway, and get the 6 inch sub. Get tuna, sriracha sauce, pepperjack cheese, chipotle sauce, lettuce, spinach, and bacon, on honey oat bread. The cost is 3 or 4 dollars. It's a good fucking meal, and yeah, it's none of the exciting shit you advertise, but it's better than that shit. Whenever you go to a restaurant you already know is shitty, your job is just to take the cheapest thing and figure out how to pimp it out.

I'm guessing this is English, but I can't seem to understand what you said

did you notice how inflation always was reversed prior to 1933, and after it has only ever gone up?

and the charlatan ecomoists tell us inflation is good, heh

>How can these places justify or exit selling combos at $9 on avg?

Easy - they don't. You're either exaggerating, buying fancy shit like premium blended drinks and not accounting for it or living in a shithole like Canada.

Replace beyond with being and Dame with same.

I used to think that same thing and then I went to Manhatten. Wendy's combos ranged from 7 to 15 dollars I shit you not

>Canada
>shit hole

You don't understand nice places, but that's okay. Your mother was right when she thought you were an idiot.

Our wages/salaries don't keep up with inflation

Man, it must be awesome being a dwarf and eating giant food all the time

Doesn't practically every place have a dollar menu?

Why would you buy marked up sugar water in the first place?

Businesses will always offer the best deals in a 'depression'

>muh bernie still has a chance

Already voted Trump, suck it commie

>being this proud of being tricked by a bankrupted businessman with a combover

I don't want to turn this political, as I consider myself conservative, but you're wasting your vote with trump. Not only because he doesn't have a chance of winning, but because he won't get anything done. He's too much of a loudmouth with too many people on both sides ridiculing him. You have to be able to play ball to get any work done, and no one wants anything to do with him. People need to quit treating politics like a football game and rooting for their team regardless of circumstance.

>fast food
>expensive
>doesnt use coupons

2016: being so poor you complain on the internet about fast food prices.

He's got a point. I get gallons of coupons in the mail for all fast food places nearby. They work better if you're buying for two or more, unless you're a fat ads who needs that BOGO offer just to get full.

You sound rustled

>he doesn't have a chance of winning

Six months ago I bet you were saying he didn't have a chance of winning the nomination, faggot

>Six months ago I bet you were saying he didn't have a chance of winning the nomination
because he didnt

Even the coupons are worse.

Arby's used to have 2 for $4 Medium Roast Beef, but they pulled it a while ago. Now they don't have any that are decent deals, other than BOGO French Dip.

Arent fast food places making more money each year?

With inflation or whatever the fuck are they making more or less than 20 years ago?

Like with movies. They say pirates were ruining them but arent they making billuons off of jyst one? And doesnt it keep growing? 20 bucks for a movie ticket really? And you.dont even make your bulk if money fron tuckets but snacks like 10 dollar popcorn? .

In terms of gross revenue, yes, fast food places are making more money now than they did 20 years ago. However, with inflation and rising costs of production, they tend to rely on the volume of sales with a very slim profit margin. If their sales volume goes down, their profits also go down since the target demographic for fast food places tend to be poorer/cheap people who don't want to pay a lot for their meal.

Movie studios don't make money from concessions, that revenue goes to the movie theaters. Also, some movies do really well and make a lot of money, some are complete bombs and studios end up taking a loss.

aah

you will pay what you will .

not knowing the difference between chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy, aka liquidation v restructuring. Or knowing that a corporation is a legal person which can apply for protection under chap. 7 or 11, and only its assets are at risk/under control by the appointed administrator, NOT the personal assets of the directors or owners

>he doesn't have a chance of winning

He is breaking records by the week. If anything it is Hillary who is completely unelectable. She has 40 years worth of skeletons in her closet, including defending a child rapist who put his victim in a coma, then she goes on tape and laughs about it. She is visually ill and will probably have a stroke before November. She has literally zero redeeming qualities, and her constant pro-woman talk is only further alienating the male vote.

What changed in six months then user? Read Scott Adams' blog. He's been saying since August Trump will win the election in a landslide. Every prediction he's made so far has come true. Only the John Stewart types were the ones saying he had no chance.

>40 years worth of skeletons

pastebin.com/z6MBNrM0

he's almost beaten the record for most republican votes in a primary, and the primary isn't over yet, and people like rance penus are saying they don't know if they can get behind him
the mass media are all so anti trump, it's funny

to make this Veeky Forums related, did Trump really manage to sell 4 steaks for $995?

So people who own mcdonalds live a less luxurious life than they did 20 years ago? You make it sound like they are just sliding by.

why wouldnt he just carry that slung over his shoulder, lumberjack style?

This is exactly what I get but without the bacon.

>2 Gyros for 12 dollars at Arby's

This is considered a "deal" in Canada

I get 4 bahn mi' sandwiches for $9

fuck fast food

I heard this same kind of talk with Romney. What you forget to realize is that there are more liberal voters than conservative, as was proven already. All you have to do is give the college kids and high school graduates enough of a reason to WANT to go out and vote, and that's the end of it. The hatred for trump is more than enough motivation to get people voting. But like I said, even if he wins, he won't be able to accomplish much in the Senate.

Just to clarify, when I say "high school graduates", I mean those who just recently graduated, not in general.

That's not a banh mi, there's no head cheese or pate.

That's just a sandwich.

Don't forget that most of fast "food" is just cheap fillers.

top kek

>olestra

Is this why Americans shit themselves all the time?

Could be. I don't really know the legality of it as a filler in other countries.

Bernout doesn't have a chance you commie losers.

i remember eating so much mcdonalds in the past because it was the cheapest

these days its only taco bell and prices are only going up

I always get a falafal which is $6 for a footlong.

There is as much food there as 2-3 of the shitty tiny burgers from other fast food chains and less unhealthy plus I can get the workers to pile on as many cucumbers as i want.

why do you hate america and not want it to be great again?

>muh politics
>muh economic system

There was a major drought in Texas. Cattle prices are way up (had to buy feed instead of let graze), many farmers up and liquidated their herds, and they're still recovering.

But it's cute that you guys go full /pol/ at the drop of a hat.

jesus christ never attempt economics again

Voting for the party that did more to bring it down ain't gonna magically fix things just because they have more aggressive marketing. That slogan pisses me off so badly

Who did you vote for?

>mcdonalds is removing kiosks from stores because no one is using them

fuck this isnt how its supposed to go, i want robots making super cheap food for me RIGHT NOW

I'm not voting democrat tho.. I don't believe in freebies and gibmedats

Americans pay a lot for fast food because they have to work for 9-5 and when they come home all they wanna do is sit on the tube and get drunk and eat chicken fingers

Republican voter turnout is at an all-time high. Young democrats are the least likely group to vote; old republicans always vote. Once the Sanders Ship sinks no one will switch to Hillary. Meanwhile Trump's camp only continues to gain supporters as dems come across to vote for him in the primaries they're able to.

>America
>first world

You got me, user. I'm so scared I'm going to move to Canada.

You're high. Half of his own party hates him, and Hillary hasn't even switched into #firstwomanpresident mode yet.

Chicken based fast food is also ridiculously expensive. Veg based fast food is also ridiculously expensive. It's all way up, and will not come back down.

Mcd have had a machine that can make ANY mcd food or drink from inputs for a computer for a few years now. It preps, cooks, fries and makes anything on the menu. Replaces the cooks and cashiers entirely. Only 2 staff are needed to refill machine with fries and burger patties and other basic ingredients and keep it running smooth. It only needs power to work, everything from order to payment is done with the interface

They don't use it as the technology is too expensive in large numbers for thousands of stores. And the Human Resources issue of getting rid of over 80% of their work force in favor of machines. Lastly the problem is Americans. They are so backwards with technology that the ordering system is to complex for people to use.

>They are so backwards with technology that the ordering system is to complex for people to use.

Its mostly the encouragement of the poor and uneducated, as well as immigrants.

I imagine machines might actually be easier than human interaction, though, because the above are given the option of picture menus to literally point at what they want, and grunt like a caveman to the cashier.

A screen that shows you pictures, and you just literally touch the image you want and it immediately dispenses your burger and fries further perpetuates the lazy fast food attitude/environment/patrons.

>because if you had head cheese and pate in a bread roll it wouldnt be considered a sandwich..
>14 year old retard

theyre out of the #3 they said some pleb thought that was the only "real" bahn mi and ordered 20 of them while his mom waited in the car out front.

It's a lot less than half, and will continue to diminish. He's only been the nominee for like 5 days. He's pulling in new endorsements each day. The only ones who refuse to budge are the ones getting all the headlines, but no one cares what an old sourpuss like Jeb thinks anyway. He dropped out before they even got to his home state.

>Hillary hasn't even switched into #firstwomanpresident mode yet.

If all she's got to run on is her vag then she's already lost.

Fuck Jeb, fuck Hillary, fuck Trump, and fuck you and everyone else who have a /pol/ tier understanding of politics and world events yet thinks they actually know what the fuck they're talking about.

>If all she's got to run on is her vag then she's already lost.
People were saying things like that about Obongo, too, only substitute "skin color" for "vag". I'm a little worried, to be honest. I love my country, but a goodly amount of my countrymen are pants-on-head retards who will throw anything away for the sake of "progress".

>What you forget to realize is that there are more liberal voters than conservative
hmm, how did that happen? I bet it wasn't all the 3rd world socialists imported since the passing of the 1965 immigration and naturalization act

surely the dems didn't import tens and tens of millions of new voters just to ensure they would stay in power?

t. increasingly nervous "GIVE ME FREE STUFF" liebereal

the shear audacity of members of a party refusing to support the voters choice of nominee, they should be horsewipped

what a disgusting little veiny man baby

regardless of how it happened, it happened. I couldn't care less which of these jackoffs win, I'm not impressed with any of them. I consider myself conservative to a point, but I'm telling you for a fact; Trump will not win. Like stated above, I seen this exact same false bravado with Romney. It didn't fly then, and it won't fly now.

That being said, we need someone with a military background.

if you want to have a discussion, lets discuss this. don't just toss out memes in an attempt to sound informed.

>regardless of how it happened, it happened
you don't seem to be answering my question

so I'll ask it another way

is it treason to import people in order to disenfranchise your country's voters and skew the peoples vote?

Do you even know what treason means? no, i don't believe it was treasonous.

Those immigrants have minds of their own, and while I don't know an actual number, i can attest that some immigrants are die-hard republicans.Some immigrants come here because of the possibilities, and they would indeed want to "keep America great". I can understand that you're mad at a potentially large punch to your pride, but they barely make a dent.

>Do you even know what treason means?

>Oran's Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as "...[a]...citizen's actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]." In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aiding or involved by such an endeavor.

importing people who overwhelmingly vote for your party is overthrowing the governement

>I can understand that you're mad at a potentially large punch to your pride, but they barely make a dent.
not sure what you mean by pride here. this is nothing to do with emotion, it's a cold hard fact that the balance of political power has been deliberately usurped

i'm going to look up if there is evidence of deliberate immigration to change the balance of political power.
you speak with either the certainty of a knowledgeable man, or the ignorance of a hurt conspiracy-theorist. i intend to make sure of which before i dismiss your statements.

>importing people who overwhelmingly vote for your party is overthrowing the governement

what are you overthrowing? The democrats already control the government at that point, they are just hoping that thier actions will prolong thier reign

And there are still fuckfaces in congress that want to further defund the FDA for "sticking their noses where it doesn't belong"

I admire a man wh ohonestly enquires

here is some info

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965

>The Hart–Celler Act of 1965 marked a radical break from the immigration policies of the past. Previous laws restricted immigration from Asia and Africa while it gave preference to northern and western Europeans over southern and eastern Europeans

>a corporation is a legal person
americucks everyone

I don't think you are stupid enough to believe what you typed

What does FDA funding matter when it labels those things as GRAS?

and from what backwards "nation" are you, user?

find me a Western nation(or probably any nation) that doesn't support the idea of the legal fiction of corporate personhood

why even YOU personally have a strawman legal fiction corporate person. this is why banks write to you either in all caps, or with the bullshit title mr, mrs or miss. they aren't part of your name, are they, and on a ship, all your subordinates are addressed as Mr. all superiors by Sir/Maam

so when someone addresses someone else as Mr, they are presuming they are a subordinate

youtube.com/watch?v=ME7K6P7hlko
youtube.com/watch?v=7sArXw6ajNg

>there are more liberal voters than conservative
Heh. There are a lot of recently-turned-18 kids who are high on Trump memery and nationalism, friend. Your time is over.

not even the other guy, but the lack of any real moderates has been hurting america since the late 90's. We neither need free stuff nor do we need to further reduce taxes and build a wall, so much as we have to enforce current legislation/regulations and try booting business interests from politics since their money consistently creates conflicts of interest in American politics. If in Nigeria a member of the energy committee were given campaign money by an oil exploration company with the understanding that the politician is to lesson the scrutiny of regulation for drilling, and give tax breaks for said drilling, then we would likely see it as bribery; but in America this is a fairly regular occurrence. To be clear I also think government subsidies for agriculture is messed up since they ought to compete fairly in a global market.

Don't even bother. I'm a small government "fuck off and leave me alone" kind of guy, and the Trumpkin just called me a beggar handout liberal. This is the state of American politics.

Who's tossing out memes you butt blasted liberal retard.

Truth always hurts those who refuse to use logic and common sense.

Ehh, I'm just trying to reasonably explain my opinions on these things so these ideas can face scrutiny or have their merits agreed upon.
tough I'm reasonably certain this is skull fucking retarded.

>trying to be reasonable about American politics
>in an election year
>in one of the most radical elections of the modern era
>on the cooking board of fucking Veeky Forums

the longer I stay here the more I wonder if i'm actually on the spectrum.

>try booting business interests from politics since their money consistently creates conflicts of interest in American politics
I don't see why people wouldn't agree with this

the left want to swamp the country with foreignors who vote for them, the right want cheap labor to drive down wages, and certain tribes want to make Whites into dwindling minorities in their own countries

i think the first mistake people make is thinking that the left and right wings aren't on the same bird

absolutely money should not buy influence, and anyone who tries should be locked up

which is why trump is so awesome, despite having been part of the influence buying, he has enough that he can't be bought, not perfect, but not a puppet either, which you can't say about any of the other candidates. at least we have a 50-75% chance he won't fuck us ocer, when shillary will 100% fuck us over. even boasted about shutting down coal mines and putting miners out of work, then lied to their faces to try and get their votes, not to mention the dozens and dozens of scandals of the clintons, and the bushes. evil

your a libertarian? how did trum pcall you a beggar?

I don't notice any response to anything I wrote, was this on purpose?

just you "are sure it's retarded"? well TELL THE FUCKING COURTS THAT CORPORATIONS AREN'T PERSONS

don't tell me!

see
case in point, can't breach that amount of stupidity.

I'm sorry I should have been clearer, I meant to say that the strawman applying to individuals at least seems incorrect, particularly with regard to the videos. By the same logic one would be exempt from performing any and all legal and civic duties by the virtue of an improper addressing of a person's name or the inclusion of an honorific, even though it's by no means a western conception. I am personally of the opinion that corporations are indeed legally distinct entities, yet I do not believe they should be given the same rights as persons, nor should the decision makers be exempt from the consequences of their decisions on the basis that the action was performed by the corporation.

I hope that was at least a little clearer.

you stated your beliefs, but not what the reality is

corporations ARE persons, check a legal dictionary

you DO have a strawman, it's not just the honorific that ties you to your strawman. why do yo think whenever you are stopped by police they demand ID? and if you give them a paper ID, they require you to acknowledge that it is you?

and the most important point. even though they require ID whenever they stop you, once you go to court, they NEVER ask for your ID.

research the legal term "joinder"

finally, is there a difference between "legal" and "lawful"? if so, why the two words?

"should" yeah, opinions don't trump reality

also, ask yourself the question, why are legal dictionaries needed if laws are written in english?

unless legalese is a languiage that sounds like english, but isn't, and all laws are written in it, hence requiring its own dictionary

I recently took a trip to LA and stopped at jack in the box to get a snack with a friend, we got two sides, a fry, and a drink, and the total was 13 dollars and I almost shit myself

>and certain tribes want to make Whites into dwindling minorities in their own countries
This is racist tribalism at its finest. Feminism made victimhood claiming socially acceptable to the point where men are starting to believe they get that ticket too. This false victimhood complex is then used to justify the mistreatment and resentment towards the "other" in an attempt to claim higher social status for himself with no effort put in on his part. This is a childish western obsession of wanting to be born king and feeling entitled to having the "other" acknowledge it, then feeling aggrieved when they don't automatically give you social deference.

We're the ones using the threat of military conquest to coerce the entire globe, terrorizing entire continents and you think "they" are "winning"? Holy shit...
/pol/ makes you this retarded. It allows people who victimize others to rationalize this mistreatment into some imaginary scenario where they "deserve it."