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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:26PM (#11679445)
There are over a billion people who would have to spend 100% of their income for four days or more to afford that $5 chicken.
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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by undersuit on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @06:35PM (#11679920)
But they don't buy the $5 chicken, they buy their local chicken equivalent at their market rates. Maybe their market rates aren't as a screaming deal as $5 is for an american, but they also have a much better chance to raise their own chickens without an H.O.A. shutting them down.
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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:11PM (#11680888)
Most of them simply don't have chicken at all. There are roughly 800 million people who don't have adequate access to food.

It doesn't seem like it if you like in a developed country, but for over 10% of the people in the world, the price of food actually is of extreme importance.

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