• gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s not healthy, but it’s cheap: a hamburger at McDonald’s — €1.40, if I buy fries with it, €3.50.

    3.50€ for a meal isn’t cheap and nothing a poor person can afford on a regular basis. I can cook a great meal for under 2€ that doesn’t consist of trash. What a detached asshole.

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      McDonald’s is not cheap food, it’s fast food. I don’t expect this cunt to know the difference.

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      The 1,40 burgers are barely enough to satiate a child, even with fries.

      A menu that can fill an adult, that’s 13-14€ easily. And that’s still just one meal.

      The quality 3 meals a day I consume and make at home average 5€ per portion. resulting in 450€ food budget per person per month, I generally go for white label products if the quality is good enough.

      That’s 900€ a month for 2 people for food alone (this was 300ish before COVID).
      850-1000€ for entry level 1 bedroom rent here, brings us to 1750-1900€ a month for a roof and food, another 75-100 for electricity (and then you have to be very usage conscious) brings us to 1825-2000€ a month, add required insurance (fire/health/accidents) for another 50-100€ brings us to 1875-2100€ a month.

      Now, a phone and internet sub are pretty much a requirement these days, so say the cost of a cheap phone, internet and gsm abbo combine to be another 50€ a month per person.

      So we’re at 1975-2200€ a month to cover the very basic living expenses for a 2 person household.

      You’d need to have one person with a decent wage or two people working minimum wage to barely get by.

      Any surprise or extra cost and you’re in the red.

      Eating McDonnalds to cover breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, you’d need over 2000€ for food alone.

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        The quality 3 meals a day I consume and make at home average 5€ per portion

        That’s really very high, are you guessing or did you actually work it out for an average day?

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      According to Google that’s about $5 Canadian. The avegage burger combo at McDonald’s in my area is about $12. $15 if you upsize.

      Not that eating healthier is much cheaper.

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      That’s not even enough to satiate you. For that you need to buy a menu which is about 10€ here in Germany. That’s not cheap at all.

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      Exactly. Not only is it not cheap on a regular basis, but it isn’t even that much food from my experience at the cheaper end of McDonalds.

      You’d be far better off cooking your own food if you have the time, but the problem is a lot of these people are so busy working their arses off to stay afloat that they don’t have that time.

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        Those 1€ (1.40 in Austria apparently) burgers are barely enough to satiate a child, if combined with fries. They are nowhere near enough to feed an adult.

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          It’s been very long that these are 1€ here in Germany. Mcd is expensive and in a normal restaurant you can get very good meals for 15€.

          Shows how detached these politicians really are.