On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:29:58 +1100, "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given>
wrote:

>"Dee.Dee" > wrote in message
...
>> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...food/#more-146
>>
>> No wonder I'm broke and always hungry just tryin' to stay alive!
>
>You would be hungry if you eat the junk food mentioned in the article as
>it's empty calories - people who eat a lot of junk food are effectively
>starving themselves. But as for broke??? Are US food prices really so high
>for nutritious food?
>
>The report says that the average American spends $7/day on food and that
>surely can't be right as it's a miniscule amount of money. I did a currency
>converson and that is about $7.97 in my currency and, if the two of us were
>eating meat for an evening meal, I'd spend at least $10 in my currency just
>on the meat component of the meal.
>
>It was such a thought provoking post that I have now spent some time
>wandering cyberspace. Thank you.
>

The exchange rate is not the best way to determine the relative price
of an item. How long it takes the average person to earn enough money
to buy the same item in each country.













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