First it was the stock market, then the housing market, now the buck-a-burger market is taking it in the gut. When will this fiendish nightmare end?
Our cherished American values are being eradicated by the very institutions we grew up with... Burger King, Wendy's, McDonald's etc. all for the sake of profit. Is nothing sacred?
When the American hamburger can no longer be procured for a measly buck, then something is seriously amiss in this country. Has capitalism failed us - again? Can't we make cheaper cows? There's plenty of corn and soybeans.
Come on this is 2010, we've engineered human babies, been to the moon and back, caused an international recession. Hey, what are those guys at Tufts doing? Why ain't WPI engineering genes and stuff?
Okay I'm exaggerating - just a little bit. But mark my words, the day McDonald's raises the price, this country is truly in dire straights. Well, actually it already is but...
Jeanine Skowronski gives the lowdown. Oh woe is us!
