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57223245 No.57223245 [Reply] [Original]

Why are things so expensive in the West?

I just watched a travel video (very recent) and food at McDonald's cost him about $3.

Are the price increases here in the West entirely fake/contrived?

https://youtu.be/-5cAIE7zuck?t=608

>> No.57223417

There aren't endless hordes of welfare recipients in cyrillic-using countries.

>> No.57223433

>>57223245
Everything is cheap in the USA and if you don't believe then you are either lying fuck or just plain retarded

>> No.57223472

>>57223433
>Everything is cheap in the USA
I can't think of anything that is cheaper in the US than any other country. Not food. Not rent. Not healthcare. Not labor. Nothing.

>> No.57223509

>>57223472
food, house, car, gas

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57223545

>>57223509
>food, house, car, gas
No, no, no, and no.
You do realize places like Venezuela pay 12 cents per gallon of gasoline, right? Or 38 cents per gallon in Nigeria. Everything in the US costs 10x what it should.

>> No.57223684

>>57223545
You are fucking brain dead. Waste of time for anyone to try and explain this to you.

>> No.57223714

>>57223545
>retard doesnt understand why things are cheaper in 3rd world countries.
gas price is way more expensive in europe

>> No.57223737

>>57223714
>gas price is way more expensive in europe
Nope. Taxes on gasoline are higher in Europe. So called "value-added" taxes don't actually add value.

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57223752

>>57223684
>I'm so fucking stupid, and I will stop posting because I can't prove you wrong.
GOOD

>> No.57223836

>>57223737
>Nope. Taxes on gasoline are higher in Europe.
that's what i said retard, it's still more expensive in europe

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57223847

>>57223836
>it's still more expensive in europe
It's not more expensive. The taxes are more expensive. Not gasoline itself.

>> No.57224212

>>57223847
which means price at the pump is more expensive. retard.

>> No.57224246

>>57223847
>>57224212
I mean that's kind of what I'm asking. How expensive would gas really be in various places with zero taxes?

Or more importantly, if it is taxes that are mainly responsible for these massive price differences, then does something similar apply to everything else, like food?

In other words, are Westerners being turned into literal slaves by contrived cost increases?

>> No.57224383

>>57224246
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

>> No.57224546

>>57224383
GDP per capita doesn't mean shit when it's not adjusted for cost of living.