On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 21:11:23 GMT, "Gordon Couger"
posted:


"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 07:29:29 GMT, "Gordon Couger"
wrote:


"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:43:18 GMT, "Gordon Couger"
wrote:
We do pay a price for having the cheapest food on the planet.

Myth: USA has the cheapest food on the planet

Fact: In 50 out of 63 countries worldwide, you can buy
a Big Mac hamburger cheaper than in USA.

We spend less of our disposable income on food than any
nation in the world.

That may be true or not, quite independently from the question
whether or not you have the cheapest food.

We don't live on Big Macs.

That's true. However, if you look at prices in USA of, say,
bread and cereals, or meat, they too are not the cheapest
on the planet.

The only way to evaluate cost is what a hour of my time will buy. The way
countries juggle their currencies there is no other way to compare them.

My question, but Torsten has apparently avoided it so far.