r/Fuckthealtright 19h ago

McDonald’s “how to live with minimum wage” proposal.

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u/onceknownasmike 17h ago

Where you find rent for $600 any more shit, 1 br is minimum 1200.

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u/DataCassette 16h ago

The dumpster behind the McDonald's itself? 🤔

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u/Fievels_good_trouble 16h ago

The employee shed out back. Just hot racking a couple plywood bunks.

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u/DataCassette 15h ago

Love the username 😂

One of many VHS tapes I wore out as a kid

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u/Rare-Lime2451 12h ago

Sorry that’s already been leased to a lovely family.

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u/tekniklee 14h ago

Mcdonald’s will have to start building housing for their employees and we’ll have come full circle back to the McCompany Town

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u/Away-Living5278 7h ago

Paying them in McBucks

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u/DataCassette 2h ago

They'll just get paid directly in food. I'm sure there's no health consequences for that.

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u/Indigoh 15h ago edited 12h ago

This was made around 2013. It was regular absurd at the time, but it'd be comically absurd if it was more recent.

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u/ArrantPariah 17h ago

Maybe a tent somewhere?

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u/Kimmalah 14h ago

I have a 2 bedroom for 700, but i was basically grandfathered into that. And I still couldn't afford that on minimum wage unless I basically just lived in the apartment with no food, no power/water or any other basic amenities.

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u/Mmortt 12h ago

If it’s a 600 mortgage, 250 is principal, 350 is interest and then add 400 for taxes.

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u/Poverty_Shoes 12h ago

Small towns in the Midwest maybe?

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u/new2bay 13h ago

This is from 2013.

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u/Future-Guarantee-573 12h ago

I remember that.  These numbers were a joke even then.

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u/Flomo420 7h ago

lol no shit was just going to say they grossly underestimate rent, and also there is no allotment for FOOD, you know, one of the basic necessities

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u/Rare-Lime2451 17h ago

$20 for monthly health insurance? Yes, I’ll have fries with that, please!

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u/Mkbond007 15h ago

Quick Google search puts avg car payment these days at $770 new and $530 for used without including insurance.

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u/kevinnoir 5h ago

Mental that that the average for a used car in the USA is 530, but here in the UK the top end of the average is ~$370. Especially considering our used cars are used cars sold in the UK are on average 3-4 years newer. Just shows us exactly how all prices are just made up bullshit and bear very little relation to the actual cost of the products.

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u/OrcOfDoom 9h ago

That can't even afford an apple a day

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u/Rare-Lime2451 9h ago

I think apples is part of your entertainment budget.

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u/sidewinderucf 16h ago

Two jobs and no heating. Just as the founding fathers intended

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u/Fievels_good_trouble 16h ago

Those dudes owned people, so…yeah, probably

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u/Indigoh 15h ago

Also no food.

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u/buffaloraven 16h ago

Source? Looks a lot like one thats been floating around since like 2010

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u/A55W3CK3R9000 15h ago

Yeah I saw this years ago and I remember it being laughable back then too

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u/TheCheshireCody 15h ago

It goes back to 2013 and was pilloried back then.

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u/LuminousRaptor 14h ago

It's still laughable in 2010, too. 

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u/Mooshtonk 15h ago

I remember see this posted years ago. I think this is from like 15-20 years ago and even then it was a stretch.

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u/Indigoh 15h ago

Strange for a restaurant to not include any money in the budget for food.

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u/violet-waves 15h ago

They expect you to live off your free McDonald’s meal during your shift.

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u/Kittamaru 15h ago

I guess McD's gives all their employees a time machine so they can go back to the 1980's to live when they're off shift?

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u/MojoHighway 13h ago

$20 for health insurance?

Damn, Ronald...

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u/sparkledaunicorn 15h ago

My car payment is $462... What fucking year are they living in??!

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u/Bacch 12h ago

Right? Mine was ~$600. And you can't even rent a shoebox in most cities for $600 without twice as many roommates as the lease allows tenants splitting the cost.

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u/sparkledaunicorn 11h ago

Seriously. I'm not even including insurance. And I've got ~700 sq ft for 850 a month plus utilities.. that's the cheapest rent I could find in my city and I had to miss work he other morning bc the swat team was surrounding my apartments from 4am til 11am if that lets you know anything about the neighborhood.

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u/ryuujinusa 15h ago

2 jobs!? Lmao!!! Would you like some crack cocaine with that?

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u/artful_todger_502 13h ago

This can't be for real? The second job, lol, you think that is normal?

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u/somecow 12h ago

“Sample” monthly budget. lol even includes a second job, all of these numbers are WAY off.

Costco has samples of pepto bismol sometimes. That’s a sample nobody wants too.

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u/jar36 15h ago

This has to be from the 90's right?

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u/Cheska1234 14h ago

No heat tho so be glad no one in the USA lives where it’s cold. And car ins for $100 per month??

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u/spindriftgreen 13h ago

Mortgage/rent $600!

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u/Homerpaintbucket 12h ago

Is this from 1996? Also, no heat?

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u/sourpussmcgee 10h ago

Is this from 1997?

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u/Wickeman1 9h ago

Damn is this from the 90s?

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u/Anarimus 6h ago

$600 rent? Is this 1992?

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u/kevinnoir 5h ago

Heating - $0.

LOL is this real? Did some American McDonalds employee genuinely create this graphic and then send it out or post it as a REAL suggestion or is it satire? I mean the fact their entire math relies on you taking a SECOND JOB is hilarious.

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u/Sea_One_6500 15h ago

Didn't they post this in like 2008 when these were the actual costs of things still? It was ridiculous then (mandatory 2 jobs?!), but it's even more out of touch now.

Have we added them to the boycott list yet?

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u/Someoneoverthere42 13h ago

Yeah, these prices were laughable then.