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GOP "consultant" (paid hoe) Caroline Sunshine was on Jesse Watters show last night telling people: "Ummm well like actually maybe you shouldn't like um make fun of people because they can't um like actually afford a $20 burrito. That like um lyke makes them really mad and they tend to not vote for you...actually."

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I don't really know what a burrito's supposed to cost, but I remember 89 cent burgers, and $4 burgers, and $8 burgers, and I guess it's like $10 now (?)

The Hundred Dollar Hamburger seems like an impenetrable wall, but is it really?

What's the chance we really get to $100 for a burger or a burrito in our lifetimes?

@cjd @Humpleupagus @Red_Hat @s2208 @cjd @BarelyEagle @Chzikken_1486 @James_Dixon @Terry @WTFPurpleAlpaca

what does it matter when itโ€™s fiat money? $100 for a burger is nothing when youโ€™ll get $50,000 per month UBI.

a better measure is how many hours does the person work to afford the burger. and I would bet thatโ€™s less favorable than it used to be. yet somehow the burger places stay in business.

Right but median salaries tend to track government reported CPI index. Social Security *certainly* tracks government reported CPI index.

The problem is that the CPI has become this fictitious imaginary thing that has absolutely nothing to do with real world costs anymore. They're claiming inflation is 5% but people are showing real prices have doubled over the past couple of years.

So yes, they are making everyone poorer.
1966 median income $7,400
1966 big mac cost: $0.45

1966 median income: 16,444 big macs

2026 median income: $90,000
2026 big mac cost: $8

2026 median income: 11,250 big macs

That's including every advancement, all of the automation, the low wage work, the lower quality meat etc. STILL, that is a 31% decline in the standard of living, just talking about big macs.
@cjd @Humpleupagus @Red_Hat @s2208 @spacemanspiff @BarelyEagle @Chzikken_1486 @Terry @WTFPurpleAlpaca > I don't really know what a burrito's supposed to cost, but I remember 89 cent burgers, and $4 burgers, and $8 burgers, and I guess it's like $10 now (?)

A big mac is probably around $6 in most areas now. See https://macmenuprices.com/ since McDonald's demands you download their app to see prices.

>The Hundred Dollar Hamburger seems like an impenetrable wall, but is it really?

With 3% inflation prices double every 24 years, more or less. So 96 years will give you a $96 big mac. Of course real inflation is quite a bit more than 3%.
@Snidely_Whiplash @Humpleupagus @Red_Hat @s2208 @spacemanspiff @cjd @Chzikken_1486 @James_Dixon @WTFPurpleAlpaca My brother told me the other day he knows some White people buying houses in my old neighborhood from back in the day. It's 100% Mexican/spic. It turned back in the late 90s/early oughts.

Theres some crime but it's not like the west side and the houses aren't cheaper anywhere else outside of total nigger ghettos.

I just checked. My old house growing up sold for $260,000 in 2022. Zillow now lists it as $325,000 3 Beds 2 baths 1334 sq ft