to the dollar menu. They're exclusively corporate-owned places that have those dollar menus (at least in my area).
In my own silent (and insignificant) protest, I've recently decided to stop eating at corporate or franchise restaurants. Now I go to locally owned places; with the greatest preference given to those that I know buy at least some of their goods locally.
I like knowing that the revenues and profits remain mostly local; they employ local accountants, attorneys, etc in addition to their staff. They CONTRIBUTE to our community in many ways.
To further support these businesses I pay with cash. That way the restaurant owner doesn't have to lose money processing a bank-card transaction. I'd rather that extra 1-3% of my tab stay in my community rather than go to the CC processing fee.
I haven't sworn off fast food completely (I do love a McRib), but certainly don't crave it like I used to.
Credit cards incur a fee (you got it right, 1% to 3%), but cash isn't perfect. Cash in the drawer can be lifted by employees, and requires security against thieves. Dealing with runs to the bank to deposit the cash takes time away from the merchant, whereas credit cards are automatically deposited.
It's not clear that cash is actually preferred. They both have their drawbacks.
telling business what the minimum wage should be? I only ask because I have read that when (those in the lower income bracket) people have the minimum wage raised they spend more which helps the economy and business. Now, with people making $9.50 an hour the spending would be on food, clothes, necessities but still.......
Open for an education............
Despite what the government tells us, we are already in a recession. What good is $9.50 per hour when people are losing jobs? There will be more people making a bit more money, but there will also be more people without jobs. Prices will increase as well.
Hillary's suggestion will just make people feel good for a while and maybe win her a few votes. But ultimately, it will just cause the US financial crash to come all that much sooner..
Slightly misleading answer re:'more people making a bit more money'. There would be fewer people working at the government-mandated minimun level, and more workload shifted to those who survive the correction business makes to deal with yet more regulation. Real unemployment will grow, not just the numbers of those standing in unemployment collection lines. Remember, those laid off are only eligible for 'insurance' payments for so long.
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
This was from a 1975 interview with Milton Friedman. You can watch the interview here - http://video.google.com/v...
"FRIEDMAN: Because the minimum wage law is most properly described as a law saying employers must discriminate against people who have low skills. That's what the law says. The law says here's a man who would -- has a skill which would justify a wage rate of $1.50, $2.00 an hour. You can't, you may not employ him. It's illegal. Because if you employ him you have to pay him $2.50. Well, what's the result? To employ him at $2.50 is to engage in charity. Now there's nothing wrong with charity. But most employers are not in a position where they can engage in that kind of charity. Thus the consequences of minimum wage rates have been almost wholly bad, to increase unemployment and to increase poverty. Moreover, the effects have been concentrated on the groups that the do-gooders would most like to help. The people who have been hurt most by minimum wage laws are the blacks. I've often said that the most anti-Negro law on the books of this land is the minimum wage rate. And so I think the real answer to your question is that you must not judge a bottle solely by its label. You have to look at what's inside and see what the law or the measure produces. "
Perhaps we should take all our spare change to Washington and dump it there, let them figure out another way to pay off the debt like cutting spending!!!
In 1999, the U.S. Mint started producing a series of 50 "state" quarters, one for each state in the United States. They are scheduled to come out at a rate of five per year over 10 years. In other words, a new one is issued every 10 weeks or so. They are being released in the same order that the states joined the union.
The mint publishes production figures and figures indicate that the mint produces something like 300 million to 350 million quarters every month. Therefore, in a 10-week run, each state gets something like 800 million or so quarters minted. These quarters are dumped into general circulation by sending them out through the commercial bank network. Given that there are approximately 300 million people in the United States, there are at least two quarters for each state that every one of us can collect! http://money.howstuffwork...
As these coins are pulled out of circulation, the demand for new currency rises. As the demand rises, the United States Mint produces greater quantities, creating more revenue (from seignorage), which is used to help pay off the nation’s debt.
grant!
I used to think that was a good idea, but don't any longer. If we all give all of our spare change to Washington it might make a dent in the national debt. But the troubling thing is that it would empower the establishment -- it would empower those who caused all these problems in the first place.
No, don't donate your quarters to Washington. Donate them in areas that will enable real change. That means donating to Ron Paul. When he gets in the White House then we will see real changes that will begin to turn things around.
At those rates, fast food restaurants will outsource order taking remotely to India or China, use automated machines for taking cash and credit cards, and automate more of the assembly. It will be impossible for students to find jobs.
raise the minimum wage than rein in spending and quit devaluing the dollar.
Wages in general, not just the minimum wage, have not kept pace with the real rate of inflation. This is one of the ways middle- and lower-income people are hurt by a devalued dollar.
"Hey, the poor are still poor, even though we raised it to $9.50... let's raise it to $15.00! Better yet, let's make ALL the poor people rich by raising it to $1000.00 an hour!!!"
Yet, the average american doesn't realize that this is an empty promise promised by an empty brain.
does not have the power to do it by herself, but it is a noble effort to try to get the votes. I don't believe it, especially with the Amero coming about.
Customers getting more burger for their buck
Fast-food chains cutting prices on premium items
By Lauren Shepherd
NEW YORK – Fast-food companies, looking for a way to attract budget-conscious customers and keep them spending, are increasingly offering more food for less money.
Jeffrey Davis, president of restaurant research firm Sandelman & Associates, said that adding bigger, higher-quality sandwiches to dollar menus allows fast-food restaurants to give people the premium sandwiches they want at a price they can afford.
But with commodity prices rising, lowering the prices of fast-food sandwiches could squeeze margins, especially if it doesn't lead to better traffic and sales. The chains say the drawbacks don't outweigh the benefit of offering more value to customers dealing with rising prices and a weak economy.
Perhaps the most noticeable example of the more-food-for-less strategy is the appearance on more dollar menus of the double cheeseburger, long a staple of the regular menu and combination meals.
Unlike the value-and dollar-menu regulars – a small order of fries or “junior” version of a larger burger – the double cheeseburger is a more marquee, and more expensive, choice.
McDonald's, ahead of the curve on the value menu front, has had a double cheeseburger on the dollar menu since its introduction in 2003; it's one of the biggest sellers at the world's largest burger chain. McDonald's touted the “everyday appeal” of the dollar menu in its most recent sales report.
Now a version of the double cheeseburger is appearing on value and dollar menus at the chain's biggest competitors: Burger King and Wendy's International.
“People are looking for premium items, but there's also a push for value,” Davis said. “They're giving you a little bit more for what you pay.”
That's good news for diners like Shekia Scott, a Boston resident who was visiting New York recently. While lunching with friends at a Burger King near Penn Station in Manhattan, Scott said higher prices for food and gas were hurting her budget. But, she added, “the dollar menu's been a help.”
Teenagers – big eaters long loyal to fast food – could also benefit from an expanded value menu, said Deutsche Bank economist Joe Lavorgna.
“Teenagers are very sensitive to changes in gasoline prices,” he said. “Typically what they have left over to spend, they will spend on fast food.”
Burger King is now studying whether its new dollar double cheeseburger can bring that leftover change into the coffers. The chain is testing the sandwich in a few undisclosed markets. It usually sells for more than $2.
The chains contend that they aren't interested in a low-price battle similar to the one waged in the 1990s. But current ad campaigns and promotions suggest that the competition for cash-strapped customers will be heated.
“We wanted to better understand the power competitive advertising would mean to us in terms of traffic generation,” said Russ Klein, president of global marketing, strategy and innovation at Burger King.
Klein said McDonald's success with its dollar double cheeseburger is a reason Burger King put one on its dollar menu. He noted, however, that the Burger King double cheeseburger is 30 percent bigger than the one at McDonald's. The comparison has been a central theme of the company's marketing campaign so far.
“We know we have a superiority claim,” he said.
Last month, Wendy's International introduced a 99-cent double cheeseburger called the Stack Attack, coinciding with a national advertising campaign.
The push toward offering more quantity for less money is extending beyond the burger chains. Yum Brands' Mexican-style restaurant chain Taco Bell is promoting its Gordita Supreme product – one of the largest menu items – for 99 cents this month. It usually sells for more than $1.50.
And the privately held Quiznos sandwich chain launched a line of $2 small flatbread sandwiches called Sammies in November. The chain offers a combo meal that comes with two Sammies, a medium drink and either chips, a side salad or a bowl of soup for $6.
Steve Provost, Quiznos' chief marketing officer, said the company was originally planning to launch the Sammies line this spring but decided to debut them in November.
“We accelerated it primarily because of what we saw coming ahead with the economy,” he said.
The Sammies are one of the few value choices that are relatively low in calories – all are under 300. Although the other chains have introduced healthier menu items in the past few years, those options are rarely part of the value or dollar menu.
CKE Restaurants, which operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, isn't offering any 99-cent products. The company takes the opposite strategy with its pricing, counting on its big, premium sandwiches for “young hungry guys” to expand sales.
Chief Executive Andrew Puzder said value menus can result in a lowering of quality – something he's not willing to do.
“What can you sell for 99 cents? The bun?” he said.
Certainly, quality can suffer when prices drop. The last burger price cuts led to lower sales and quality, and the chains say they learned their lesson. But with commodity costs rising, making lower-priced sandwiches without affecting quality isn't easy.
“The double cheeseburger for us is 4.4 ounces of beef,” said Burger King's Klein, adding that the Whopper Jr. – a mainstay of the chain's current value menu – has half that amount of meat. “So from a sheer cost-of-goods basis, it's pretty evident it would have a less attractive cost-to-goods proposition.”
Haven't eaten there probably 15 to 20 years ago, stopped taco bell about 5 or 6 years ago, and the rest recently. My stomach can't handle their poor excuses for food. Prefer my own hamburgers that I spice the way I like and I get to put chopped onions into the meat as well. I wonder if the drop could be related to that people just aren't able to eat the food any more. There is definitely no quality in their food and definitely no value.
You get what you pay for (except decent government that is) I broke a tooth on a bit of hoof in a cheap burger as a youth once. Another time I found pieces of the plastic ear tag which I was told was the free kids meal puzzell. If you put the parts together you made the word 'Daisy'.
'I always think of all you canvassors and precinct leaders at the front line.
Good luck out there &Thank you. It's appreciated'.-fip -U.K
Your body is worth more. Without your health, how can you fight for freedom? All that fast food is LOADED with MSG, ASPARTAME, trans fats, GMOS. You know, they load that stuff with these toxins so you won't be able to think clearly. that is also why they put fluoride in the water, which is what the Nazis did to pacify the prisoners so they wouldn't revolt or rebel! Say, what is the no. 1 ingredient in PROZAC?
My father was telling me of people waiting hours in a bread line.
He also said that the lines where so long that you would stand there not knowing what they were selling that day, and they would acquire whatever was there and they liked it.
On a non-joking matter, my great uncle was murdered at the age of 19 in Soviet Russia over a f#cking loaf of bread. He was walking on his way home from the market and hoodlums robbed him for a loaf of bread!!
My middle name is named after him. My first name was named after my great grandmother who was killed by the soviet police.
I'd keep going at this point with some witty remark, but today's foray into the world economy and then this has left me wanting to go hiking... I need some fresh air!
It will be either upgraded to the TWO dollar menu or the products will get worse in quality. Either way the McDonalds double cheeseburger will never be the same.
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. James Madison
Good Riddance
to the dollar menu. They're exclusively corporate-owned places that have those dollar menus (at least in my area).
In my own silent (and insignificant) protest, I've recently decided to stop eating at corporate or franchise restaurants. Now I go to locally owned places; with the greatest preference given to those that I know buy at least some of their goods locally.
I like knowing that the revenues and profits remain mostly local; they employ local accountants, attorneys, etc in addition to their staff. They CONTRIBUTE to our community in many ways.
To further support these businesses I pay with cash. That way the restaurant owner doesn't have to lose money processing a bank-card transaction. I'd rather that extra 1-3% of my tab stay in my community rather than go to the CC processing fee.
I haven't sworn off fast food completely (I do love a McRib), but certainly don't crave it like I used to.
Restaurant owners don't love cash
Credit cards incur a fee (you got it right, 1% to 3%), but cash isn't perfect. Cash in the drawer can be lifted by employees, and requires security against thieves. Dealing with runs to the bank to deposit the cash takes time away from the merchant, whereas credit cards are automatically deposited.
It's not clear that cash is actually preferred. They both have their drawbacks.
In my smaller town they
In my smaller town they prefer cash. And yes Good Riddance to the dollar menu
I asked...
and that's what I was told by a couple of different owners. Maybe it's not best for everyone.
Why not just raise it to $100/hour
or better yet, send $1 million to each American and be done with it.
Actually the dollar menu will still be there, but the hamburgers will be very very small.
haha
Just like our dollars will be there
BUT WORTH VERY VERY LITTLE
Rich in NH
Why stop at $1 million?
How about one ... BILLLION dollars? Muahahahaa.
The Objection is to the government
telling business what the minimum wage should be? I only ask because I have read that when (those in the lower income bracket) people have the minimum wage raised they spend more which helps the economy and business. Now, with people making $9.50 an hour the spending would be on food, clothes, necessities but still.......
Open for an education............
Despite what the government
Despite what the government tells us, we are already in a recession. What good is $9.50 per hour when people are losing jobs? There will be more people making a bit more money, but there will also be more people without jobs. Prices will increase as well.
Hillary's suggestion will just make people feel good for a while and maybe win her a few votes. But ultimately, it will just cause the US financial crash to come all that much sooner..
Slightly misleading answer
Slightly misleading answer re:'more people making a bit more money'. There would be fewer people working at the government-mandated minimun level, and more workload shifted to those who survive the correction business makes to deal with yet more regulation. Real unemployment will grow, not just the numbers of those standing in unemployment collection lines. Remember, those laid off are only eligible for 'insurance' payments for so long.
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE MORE I LOVE MY GUNS
FourWindsTradingPost
agree to the post below and also
such action would be the death knell for summer jobs for high school and college kids. Another criminal idea from the party of criminals.
Just ask Milton
This was from a 1975 interview with Milton Friedman. You can watch the interview here - http://video.google.com/v...
"FRIEDMAN: Because the minimum wage law is most properly described as a law saying employers must discriminate against people who have low skills. That's what the law says. The law says here's a man who would -- has a skill which would justify a wage rate of $1.50, $2.00 an hour. You can't, you may not employ him. It's illegal. Because if you employ him you have to pay him $2.50. Well, what's the result? To employ him at $2.50 is to engage in charity. Now there's nothing wrong with charity. But most employers are not in a position where they can engage in that kind of charity. Thus the consequences of minimum wage rates have been almost wholly bad, to increase unemployment and to increase poverty. Moreover, the effects have been concentrated on the groups that the do-gooders would most like to help. The people who have been hurt most by minimum wage laws are the blacks. I've often said that the most anti-Negro law on the books of this land is the minimum wage rate. And so I think the real answer to your question is that you must not judge a bottle solely by its label. You have to look at what's inside and see what the law or the measure produces. "
Saving quarters nickels and dimes, pays off national debt!
Perhaps we should take all our spare change to Washington and dump it there, let them figure out another way to pay off the debt like cutting spending!!!
In 1999, the U.S. Mint started producing a series of 50 "state" quarters, one for each state in the United States. They are scheduled to come out at a rate of five per year over 10 years. In other words, a new one is issued every 10 weeks or so. They are being released in the same order that the states joined the union.
The mint publishes production figures and figures indicate that the mint produces something like 300 million to 350 million quarters every month. Therefore, in a 10-week run, each state gets something like 800 million or so quarters minted. These quarters are dumped into general circulation by sending them out through the commercial bank network. Given that there are approximately 300 million people in the United States, there are at least two quarters for each state that every one of us can collect!
http://money.howstuffwork...
As these coins are pulled out of circulation, the demand for new currency rises. As the demand rises, the United States Mint produces greater quantities, creating more revenue (from seignorage), which is used to help pay off the nation’s debt.
grant!
I used to think that was a
I used to think that was a good idea, but don't any longer. If we all give all of our spare change to Washington it might make a dent in the national debt. But the troubling thing is that it would empower the establishment -- it would empower those who caused all these problems in the first place.
No, don't donate your quarters to Washington. Donate them in areas that will enable real change. That means donating to Ron Paul. When he gets in the White House then we will see real changes that will begin to turn things around.
All this will do is make alternatives look more attractive
At those rates, fast food restaurants will outsource order taking remotely to India or China, use automated machines for taking cash and credit cards, and automate more of the assembly. It will be impossible for students to find jobs.
The Federal government would rather
raise the minimum wage than rein in spending and quit devaluing the dollar.
Wages in general, not just the minimum wage, have not kept pace with the real rate of inflation. This is one of the ways middle- and lower-income people are hurt by a devalued dollar.
Go Ron Paul!!!
The average voter doesn't get it...
She is swaying them left and right.
Let's take her idea to it's relevant extreme:
"Hey, the poor are still poor, even though we raised it to $9.50... let's raise it to $15.00! Better yet, let's make ALL the poor people rich by raising it to $1000.00 an hour!!!"
Yet, the average american doesn't realize that this is an empty promise promised by an empty brain.
Fast Food Nation...what a
Fast Food Nation...what a book.
Rudy Jullie Annie
wanted to raise it to $9.11!
i don't know if that's true.
i don't know if that's true. but it sure is funny!!
In Soviet America
Giuliani makes 9/11 everyday
she
does not have the power to do it by herself, but it is a noble effort to try to get the votes. I don't believe it, especially with the Amero coming about.
Customers getting more burger for their buck
http://tinyurl.com/28jxo6
ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 13, 2008
Customers getting more burger for their buck
Fast-food chains cutting prices on premium items
By Lauren Shepherd
NEW YORK – Fast-food companies, looking for a way to attract budget-conscious customers and keep them spending, are increasingly offering more food for less money.
Jeffrey Davis, president of restaurant research firm Sandelman & Associates, said that adding bigger, higher-quality sandwiches to dollar menus allows fast-food restaurants to give people the premium sandwiches they want at a price they can afford.
But with commodity prices rising, lowering the prices of fast-food sandwiches could squeeze margins, especially if it doesn't lead to better traffic and sales. The chains say the drawbacks don't outweigh the benefit of offering more value to customers dealing with rising prices and a weak economy.
Perhaps the most noticeable example of the more-food-for-less strategy is the appearance on more dollar menus of the double cheeseburger, long a staple of the regular menu and combination meals.
Unlike the value-and dollar-menu regulars – a small order of fries or “junior” version of a larger burger – the double cheeseburger is a more marquee, and more expensive, choice.
McDonald's, ahead of the curve on the value menu front, has had a double cheeseburger on the dollar menu since its introduction in 2003; it's one of the biggest sellers at the world's largest burger chain. McDonald's touted the “everyday appeal” of the dollar menu in its most recent sales report.
Now a version of the double cheeseburger is appearing on value and dollar menus at the chain's biggest competitors: Burger King and Wendy's International.
“People are looking for premium items, but there's also a push for value,” Davis said. “They're giving you a little bit more for what you pay.”
That's good news for diners like Shekia Scott, a Boston resident who was visiting New York recently. While lunching with friends at a Burger King near Penn Station in Manhattan, Scott said higher prices for food and gas were hurting her budget. But, she added, “the dollar menu's been a help.”
Teenagers – big eaters long loyal to fast food – could also benefit from an expanded value menu, said Deutsche Bank economist Joe Lavorgna.
“Teenagers are very sensitive to changes in gasoline prices,” he said. “Typically what they have left over to spend, they will spend on fast food.”
Burger King is now studying whether its new dollar double cheeseburger can bring that leftover change into the coffers. The chain is testing the sandwich in a few undisclosed markets. It usually sells for more than $2.
The chains contend that they aren't interested in a low-price battle similar to the one waged in the 1990s. But current ad campaigns and promotions suggest that the competition for cash-strapped customers will be heated.
“We wanted to better understand the power competitive advertising would mean to us in terms of traffic generation,” said Russ Klein, president of global marketing, strategy and innovation at Burger King.
Klein said McDonald's success with its dollar double cheeseburger is a reason Burger King put one on its dollar menu. He noted, however, that the Burger King double cheeseburger is 30 percent bigger than the one at McDonald's. The comparison has been a central theme of the company's marketing campaign so far.
“We know we have a superiority claim,” he said.
Last month, Wendy's International introduced a 99-cent double cheeseburger called the Stack Attack, coinciding with a national advertising campaign.
The push toward offering more quantity for less money is extending beyond the burger chains. Yum Brands' Mexican-style restaurant chain Taco Bell is promoting its Gordita Supreme product – one of the largest menu items – for 99 cents this month. It usually sells for more than $1.50.
And the privately held Quiznos sandwich chain launched a line of $2 small flatbread sandwiches called Sammies in November. The chain offers a combo meal that comes with two Sammies, a medium drink and either chips, a side salad or a bowl of soup for $6.
Steve Provost, Quiznos' chief marketing officer, said the company was originally planning to launch the Sammies line this spring but decided to debut them in November.
“We accelerated it primarily because of what we saw coming ahead with the economy,” he said.
The Sammies are one of the few value choices that are relatively low in calories – all are under 300. Although the other chains have introduced healthier menu items in the past few years, those options are rarely part of the value or dollar menu.
CKE Restaurants, which operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, isn't offering any 99-cent products. The company takes the opposite strategy with its pricing, counting on its big, premium sandwiches for “young hungry guys” to expand sales.
Chief Executive Andrew Puzder said value menus can result in a lowering of quality – something he's not willing to do.
“What can you sell for 99 cents? The bun?” he said.
Certainly, quality can suffer when prices drop. The last burger price cuts led to lower sales and quality, and the chains say they learned their lesson. But with commodity costs rising, making lower-priced sandwiches without affecting quality isn't easy.
“The double cheeseburger for us is 4.4 ounces of beef,” said Burger King's Klein, adding that the Whopper Jr. – a mainstay of the chain's current value menu – has half that amount of meat. “So from a sheer cost-of-goods basis, it's pretty evident it would have a less attractive cost-to-goods proposition.”
© 2007 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
Haven't eaten there
Haven't eaten there probably 15 to 20 years ago, stopped taco bell about 5 or 6 years ago, and the rest recently. My stomach can't handle their poor excuses for food. Prefer my own hamburgers that I spice the way I like and I get to put chopped onions into the meat as well. I wonder if the drop could be related to that people just aren't able to eat the food any more. There is definitely no quality in their food and definitely no value.
Low end burgers
You get what you pay for (except decent government that is) I broke a tooth on a bit of hoof in a cheap burger as a youth once. Another time I found pieces of the plastic ear tag which I was told was the free kids meal puzzell. If you put the parts together you made the word 'Daisy'.
'I always think of all you canvassors and precinct leaders at the front line.
Good luck out there &Thank you. It's appreciated'.-fip -U.K
You shouldn't be eating that stuff anyhow!
Your body is worth more. Without your health, how can you fight for freedom? All that fast food is LOADED with MSG, ASPARTAME, trans fats, GMOS. You know, they load that stuff with these toxins so you won't be able to think clearly. that is also why they put fluoride in the water, which is what the Nazis did to pacify the prisoners so they wouldn't revolt or rebel! Say, what is the no. 1 ingredient in PROZAC?
I think in Vietnam war
they used soy to make the men passive... ??? I heard that somewhere?? and soy is in alot of foods made now..
SCREW THAT!!
gimme my McRib!!!!
Collectivism is slavery.
In Soviet America
McRib take bite out of YOU!!!
You're assuming too much about my eating habits, my friend
...the point was to laugh at the crap that comes out of the Hill Bitch's mouth and the effect such a proposal would have on the economy.
But, my friend, you are correct about the quality of the dollar menu food.
I knew she would come out with something like that
Previously known as DCALIFANO
Promises Promises.
And Monsanto has just promised to grow organic food.
They are already about to
They are already about to get rid of the dollar menu. They are already BARELY making a profit on it. They make the money on the drinks.
Don't worry
At our going rate, soon it'll be 240.00 per hour....lol
~Course, bread will be 60 bucks a loaf at that level...
Reminds me of USSR
My father was telling me of people waiting hours in a bread line.
He also said that the lines where so long that you would stand there not knowing what they were selling that day, and they would acquire whatever was there and they liked it.
On a non-joking matter, my great uncle was murdered at the age of 19 in Soviet Russia over a f#cking loaf of bread. He was walking on his way home from the market and hoodlums robbed him for a loaf of bread!!
My middle name is named after him. My first name was named after my great grandmother who was killed by the soviet police.
Is THIS coming to America?
probably
I'd keep going at this point with some witty remark, but today's foray into the world economy and then this has left me wanting to go hiking... I need some fresh air!
Dollar Menu :)
It will be either upgraded to the TWO dollar menu or the products will get worse in quality. Either way the McDonalds double cheeseburger will never be the same.
lol
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. James Madison