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Nobody would benefit because if fast food workers start at 80k, then a basic hamburger would start at $20. And an iPhone pro would start at $2000.


Your argument doesn't match reality. We don't need hypotheticals here:

McDonalds workers in EU countries earn significantly more than their US counterparts, yet a Big Mac costs the same of just a few pennies more.


>… yet a Big Mac costs the same of just a few pennies more.

What? Do you not know how to check Big mac prices online in other countries?


Don't you know how to check?

Danish McD's workers earn $20/hr+ but their Big Mac costs just 80 cents more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/business/international/li...


You linked an article from 2014…

Plus it doesn’t pass the smell test, there are plenty of photos online of danish mcdonalds menus going back to at least 2018, that I could find in two minutes of searching. That clearly shows a standard Big Mac meal is 60 Danish Krone. Which was 9 USD to 10 USD depending on when you pick the exchange rate in 2018.

In the US, depending on location, the same meal would have been 5.5 USD to 7 USD in 2018. Maybe a bit more in Hawaii.

Maybe there were a few places in Denmark selling it for much cheaper, and it was being compared to Hawaii prices, hence why this notion came about, but that’s a ridiculous stretch.


A hamburger meal is already $20




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