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♪ ♪ >> Neil: ALL RIGHT, THERE WAS
>> Neil: ALL RIGHT, THERE WAS
ALWAYS A FEAR THE HIGH PRICES
AND McDONALD’S, THAT IS NOT
HAPPENING AT TRIPOLI.
BOTH ANNOUNCING SALES AND
EARNINGS THAT WILL PASS EVEN THE
MOST ROBUST BECAUSE THEY NO MAX
HIKING PRICES, PEOPLE ARE BUYING
IT AND OVER FOR A STANCH OF
POLIO ANOTHER PRICE HIKE TO TAKE
EFFECT AUGUST.
ADVOCATE THE CASE OF
McDONALD’S, DOING IT AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND RAISING THE
CHEESEBURGER THE FIRST TIME IN
14 YEARS.
WHAT DOES MIKE THINK OF THAT
INTERNET RADIO SENSATION,
KAT TIMPF, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR,
YOU KNOW BOTH OF THESE FOLKS
WELL.
CAT, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DRAW THE
LINE AT SKIPPING FAST FOOD
BECAUSE THE PRICES ARE HIGH,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
>> I THINK IT IS REMARKABLE THAT
THE PRICE WAS OVER A DOLLAR AND
THE CHEESEBURGER IN NEW YORK IS
$30, IT IS INSANE.
BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
IT AND INFLATION, THAT IS WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING.
THE LAST TIME THEY DID RAISE THE
PRICE OF THE CHEESEBURGER WAS
2008 AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
IN 2008 WITH THE RECESSION.
I THINK THERE ARE SIGNS
EVERYWHERE THE ECONOMY IS NOT AS
STRONG AS THE ADMINISTRATION
WANTS TO PRETEND LIKE IT IS.
>> Neil: YOU KNOW, WHERE DO
YOU DRAW THE LINE?
YOU STRIKE ME SOMEONE
EXCLUSIVELY ON FAST FOOD AND YOU
ARE NOT A POUND OVERWEIGHT.
I’M NOT SAYING THAT. SO WHAT DID YOU DO?
SO WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I MEAN, HERE IS THE THING.
AMERICANS LOVE FAST FOOD.
SO, IT WILL HAVE TO GET PRETTY DARN HIGH FOR US NOT TO DO IT.
DARN HIGH FOR US NOT TO DO IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS AT KAT’S
WEDDING AND McDONALD’S
HAMBURGERS WERE THE AFTER PARTY.
[LAUGHTER]
SO NOW THEY WILL GET HIGHER AND
MAYBE KAT IS WILLING TO DO THAT
BUT NEIL, BACK IN 1968
LYNDON JOHNSON SAID YOU LOST
CRONKITE YOU LOST MIDDLE
AMERICA.
FAST-FORWARD TO 2022,
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID ONCE I LOST
McDONALD, I WILL LOSE THE
ECONOMY.
IF YOU LOSE FAST FOOD THAT IS
HOW DISHEVELED THE ECONOMY IS
RIGHT NOW.
THE BIG THING IN ADDITION TO
THIS, NEIL, ONCE THEY DO THIS
WILL OTHER FAST FOOD JOINTS
FOLLOW SUIT OR THE WENDY’S AND
BURGER KING’S WILL DO IT BECAUSE
HEY, THEY ARE DOING IT.
>> Neil: THEY ALREADY ARE.
>> BUT IS NOT GOOD.
>> THE ESTABLISHMENT, >> Neil: C
AND McDONALD’S AND STILL MAKE
MONEY.
SO THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
TO IT WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK
TWICE ABOUT GAS WERE WHENEVER
THAT COMES DOWN BUT TO PAY $100
MORE FOR A SUIT OR DRESS, THAT
IS ANOTHER MATTER.
BUT IT IS STILL FAIRLY CHEAP,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> YEAH, THAT MAKES PERFECT
SENSE TO ME ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
TALK OF, ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE
McDONALD’S.
NOBODY IS GOING TO McDONALD’S,
EATING McDONALD’S, WHAT KIND
OF SUBSTANCE TO I WANT TODAY?
WHAT SHOULD I HAVE FOR DINNER?
YOU ARE GOING TO McDONALD’S
BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING
HAPPENING IN YOUR DAY THAT YOU
HAVE TO GO TO McDONALD’S.
IT IS MORE THAN NUTRITIONAL
VALUE.
SO I THINK PEOPLE IF THEY WERE
GOING TO BE AT McDONALD’S IN
THE FIRST PLACE, THEY WILL
PAY AN EXTRA DOLLAR BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO.
>> Neil: AT WHAT POINT WOULD
YOU DRAW THE LINE, ALL RIGHT, I
LOVE McDONALD’S BRIDES, BUT
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
>> I MEAN, IF THE McDONALD’S
BURGER COMES TO $10, I DON’T
KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE A COUNTRY
ANYMORE, TO BE HONEST.
[LAUGHTER]
SO FOR A BIG MACS, WE ARE IN
TROUBLE.
IT IS NOT MY FAULT BUT FOOD IS
SO GOOD.
BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT
TRIMMING THAT DIRECTION.
IN THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE THE
PRICES GO UP, IT IS HARD TO BRIN
IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
>> Neil: ALL OF THESE
RESTAURANTS ARE CROWDED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> ABSOLUTELY COME AT THE TOP OF
THE TIMES, THE MORE YOU WANT TO
SPEND TIME EATING McDONALD’S.
THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
>> Neil: I REMEMBER A LINE IN
THE SHOW AND I HATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE BEST I