I get that a lot of people have it worse than me as a highly privileged European. However I also “couldn’t” pay 50% of my income for food because that amount of money is already going to my landlord… I wonder how that quota should look like in a fair society.
What countries because my eyes regularly fall out of my head when I see US grocery prices from across the pond
As a proportion of income, overall food expenditures are lower:
Standard caveats apply, this doesn’t minimize the struggles of our food insecure population and the benefits are not evenly distributed.
I get that a lot of people have it worse than me as a highly privileged European. However I also “couldn’t” pay 50% of my income for food because that amount of money is already going to my landlord… I wonder how that quota should look like in a fair society.
If the GDPpc is about $200 per day (it’s higher than that), <7% translates to below $14 per person per day on food spending.
Most people I know work jobs that are anchored close to minimum wage, and among these I’m still unusual for spending less than $10 a day on food.