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Economy
McDonald's insane new prices chart supersized toll of Bidenomics
2023-11-01
[NYPOST] Welcome to Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...
’s America, where Big Mac extra value meals will run you $18.

Yes, you read that right: The iconic burger-fries-soda combo, once a staple for Americans of every socioeconomic stripe, now costs almost 20 smackers in some spots.

"I’m lovin’ it"? Not likely at these prices.

The hikes sure look like they come thanks to painful and persistent inflation driven by President Biden’s terrible economic policies.

Those have driven prices overall about 15% higher since Biden came in; on essentials like food and energy, they’re up closer to 25%.

Equivalently, think of it as having slashed the income of a typical family by close to $5,000.

Mortgage rates are cruising toward 8% as the median home price hovers near $420,000.

That’s building the economy "from the middle out," as the president likes to claim?

More for groceries and gas, and now some McDonald’s dollar menus where, literally, nothing costs a dollar.

Yes, Mickey D fries are the world’s best. But almost $2.50 for a small (as they can now cost in New York) is insanity.
Posted by:Fred

#14  As witnesses rise, others fall
Or are pressed to death under a pall,
And she is a witch
Who is white, or won't snitch:
Spectral racism justifies all.
Posted by: Elmirong Unotle3946   2023-11-01 18:17  

#13  Hey Post, gonna let some certain Governorships slide?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-11-01 18:11  

#12  And speaking of oppressive taxation, and witch trials...

"Hysterical puritan ladies
Condemned one another to Hades
For mystical men!
Could this happen again?"
Asked a tablet beside the Euphrates.
Posted by: Elmirong Unotle3946   2023-11-01 18:11  

#11  Why try to get blood from a stone
Or to pry loose a big doggy's bone
When right in the middle,
Pressed flat on a griddle,
A fat burgher fries, all alone?
Posted by: Elmirong Unotle3946   2023-11-01 18:05  

#10  Nearby McD's closes. Happy happy. Maybe we'll get a decent taco shop or something. About a week later: "Hiya, sailor!" Meanwhile, a mile away at a busy intersection that could probably support a second Xirmaids, a big corner lot sits empty for over a decade.

And at me favorite big chain grocery, the runt of Manson's grandkids has been sporting a red-on-black kefiyyeh the past couple of weeks. Face and all. Me, cheerful like: "Backin' the Pals, are ya?" No answer. Panicked darting eyes. Possibly overcome by envy of me homemade Beitar badge. Guess that's it for this week's California Report.
Posted by: Elmirong Unotle3946   2023-11-01 17:55  

#9  Poor Man's Big Mac = McDouble $1.99 + Mac Sauce $.50 + Lettuce
Posted by: mossomo   2023-11-01 14:03  

#8  ...The last time we ate at McDs, it was just shy of $20 for the two of us. And they still couldn't get the order right.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-11-01 13:21  

#7  #1 "From the middle out". Freudian -slip euphemism for gutting the middle class.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-11-01 09:55  

#6  portions sized for Lilliputians
Posted by: Frank G   2023-11-01 08:45  

#5  Bloomberg is reporting Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper than last year's dinner.
Is it Forbes or Bberg owned by the Chinese?
Posted by: Cleared Cookies Lost Nic   2023-11-01 07:46  

#4  When you promised $20-$25/hr to untrained labor...
Posted by: Frank G   2023-11-01 07:36  

#3  As of this morning, a real silver dollar is worth $17.51. It's not that the prices are outrageous, but that your money is worth less/worthless. Brought to you by all them fancy ivy league economists and carpet bagging politicians.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-11-01 06:59  

#2  Big Mac, fries and a coke -- and change back from your dollar.
Posted by: Cured Romantic    2023-11-01 01:04  

#1  Someone care to explain just what the fuck they mean by 'building the economy from the middle out'? I have yet to hear anything logical about this relatively new vapid Dem talking point.
Posted by: Raj   2023-11-01 00:56  

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