Let’s see. McDonald’s sales and income both grew this quarter. Net income was nearly $2B. That’s $2B, after costs, that consumers don’t have in their pockets, but investors and executives have in theirs. I find it impossible to call this “hit hard,” and even harder to keep a straight face when these megacorps think they have a right (or that it’s even fundamentally possible) to grow the rate of profit growth forever.

Turns out when you take $2B from consumers and put it into investor’s pockets, less money is available to spend on consumer goods next month. Who woulda thunk.