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$16 For A Basic McDonald's Combo In Idaho! #finance #inflation
Nov 6, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HikQeVjxibA

$16 for a basic McDonald's combo in Post Falls, Idaho! Inflation is totally out of control all over the country. That's what happens when the Federal Reserve just keeps printing and spending money Build back better!
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A viral $16 McDonald’s meal won’t go away, and that’s a problem for Democrats
November 28, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/27/business/mcdonalds-burger-economy-nightcap/index.html

Take the $16 McDonald’s meal that struck a nerve on TikTok late last year. If you missed it, the gist is there’s a guy in Idaho who paid $16.10 for a burger, large fries and a drink.

“I get there’s a labor shortage. I get there’s wage increases and a number of other things,” he says in the video. “But $16? … It’s just crazy.”
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I get 'high demand, low supply' will raise the price to preserve inventory as long as possible if that is also part of it but what bugs me is this is Idaho which boasts being 'potato central'.

Gotta ship them to China first to be processed into fries, then back again.

Re: Graeystone "what bugs me is this is Idaho which boasts being 'potato central'"

I'm reminded of this 1998 article by Michael Pollan. Assertions were made that Idaho potato farmers wouldn't actually eat the commercial potato crops in their own fields, preferring non-GMO organic varieties:

Playing God in the Garden
Michael Pollan
The New York Times Magazine, October 25, 1998
https://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/playing-god-in-the-garden/

Today I planted something new in my vegetable garden — something very new, as a matter of fact. It’s a potato called the New Leaf Superior, which has been genetically engineered — by Monsanto, the chemical giant recently turned ”life sciences” giant — to produce its own insecticide.

Any Colorado potato beetle that takes so much as a nibble of my New Leafs will supposedly keel over and die, its digestive tract pulped, in effect, by the bacterial toxin manufactured in the leaves...

You’re probably wondering if I plan to eat these potatoes, or serve them to my family...
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However, this criticism has since been DEBUNKED (!) by the Idaho Potato Commission and Dr. Potato, which have no interest in ALARMING (!) consumers:

Established in 1937, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is a state agency that is responsible for promoting and protecting the famous "Grown in Idaho®" seal, a federally registered trademark that assures consumers they are purchasing genuine, top-quality Idaho® potatoes.

Ask Dr. Potato:
Do Potato Farmers Have Separate Fields for Their Personal Consumption?
https://idahopotato.com/dr-potato/do-potato-farmers-have-separate-fields-for-their-personal-consumption

Q:
We buy really nice Idaho potatoes at our local Costco and we love them. Recently I have been hearing that potato farmers have separate fields for their personal consumption because they don't like all the chemicals and pesticides used on the potatoes sent to market. Is this true?

Minimum wage is $15.50/hour at fast food restaurants...thus the $16 dollar heart attack in a sack meal. Pssst - Bideneconomics, it's working

You have it all wrong, buy a bunch, shelve them for 12 years or more as inflation drives them even higher, and then treat your friends, they will think that you are rich because you could afford a dozen of them.