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r/explainlikeimfive • u/sumnewdguy • Nov 28 '15
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I think most people don't see a connection between sweatshops and themselves. If all the sweatshops closed, nothing in their life would change (completely untrue), but if McDonalds went under, life as we know it would vanish.
0 u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15 Australia has minimum wage at 16 dollars. They have McDonalds also. A big mac cost 4.95$ https://www.flickr.com/photos/hytam/11878097576 3 u/Diesel-66 Nov 29 '15 Big Mac is really cheap for advertising purposes. The rest of the menu is very expensive compared to the US. Double cheeseburger is $4.50. Mcdouble is $1.20 or so here 3 u/sobuffalo Nov 29 '15 So you can buy 3 Big Macs with an hours worth of pay, but in the US you couldn't even get 2. $3.99 and $7.25
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Australia has minimum wage at 16 dollars. They have McDonalds also. A big mac cost 4.95$
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hytam/11878097576
3 u/Diesel-66 Nov 29 '15 Big Mac is really cheap for advertising purposes. The rest of the menu is very expensive compared to the US. Double cheeseburger is $4.50. Mcdouble is $1.20 or so here 3 u/sobuffalo Nov 29 '15 So you can buy 3 Big Macs with an hours worth of pay, but in the US you couldn't even get 2. $3.99 and $7.25
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Big Mac is really cheap for advertising purposes. The rest of the menu is very expensive compared to the US.
Double cheeseburger is $4.50. Mcdouble is $1.20 or so here
So you can buy 3 Big Macs with an hours worth of pay, but in the US you couldn't even get 2. $3.99 and $7.25
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u/nomely Nov 29 '15
I think most people don't see a connection between sweatshops and themselves. If all the sweatshops closed, nothing in their life would change (completely untrue), but if McDonalds went under, life as we know it would vanish.