Friday, December 4, 2009

Stupid consumers?

Thanks to the DVR and Tivo, watching commercials is most a thing of the past for people like me.  I record almost every show I want to see, then I just watch it while fast-forwarding through the commercials.

But every once in a while I catch a few of the new commercials out there, and none bother me more than the ridiculous $1.00 menu commercials that companies like McDonalds and Wendys have.

These commercials usually show a guy walking into a store and all his has to his name is a single $1 bill, nothing else.  He proceeds to ask what he can get for that and of course, they point him to the $1 menu.

So my question is, how is he paying for the taxes?  Are McDonalds and Wendys telling us they won't charge us taxes if we don't have money? That's good to know I guess.