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In the U.S., fast food workers are struggling to get a respectable increase in pay. But in Denmark, the fast food industry pays its workers at least $20 an hour.

That's at least $5 more than the $15 minimum wage the same class of workers are fighting for here (in the US).

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A quick search shows that a meal at McDoanld's is 50% more in Denmark than in the US. I am not really sure on the accuracy of Numbeo, but the comparative price of a meal to wage is interesting.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu...

Well, since we are talking about McDonald's, you could also look at the Big Mac Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

But yes, a cheeseburger here costs 10 DKK. That's 1.50 USD. I don't know what a cheeseburger costs in the US, but I'd imagine it's 1 USD.

More like $4.

Cheeseburger at McDonalds is about $1.29ish in the US.

To confirm, http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcdonalds-prices/ lists $1, then add tax.

That's a big mac, not a cheeseburger.

You're right, I assumed big mac from the index.

American Fast Food chains are more expensive in most of Europe compared to the US. Is that a bad thing?

Not just American fast food chains. Everything is more expensive. Yes, I can see how people think it is bad.

A quick search shows that a meal at McDoanld's is 50% more in Denmark than in the US.

This has more to do with the cost of labour than that of the underlying food ingredients.

Have you been to Denmark before? I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Copenhagen is SERIOUSLY expensive.

Even from a German perspective Denmark is 30-50% more expensive. Beautiful country and fast Internet, though :)

Yes, they still have a pretty high PPI though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...

In Sweden we usually talk about marginal tax rates and how Denmark usually has got us beat on that front but it seems it's mostly their high VAT that makes that possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates

Love the constant propaganda that is literally everywhere

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