Marc Munroe Dion: Too bad the politicians at the top of the food chain aren't more worried about the folks eyeing my $20 omelet.
I paid $20 for a ham and Swiss cheese omelet this morning. The omelet came with fried potatoes, two slices of white toast and coffee. It wasn't an upscale restaurant, either. The guy sitting next to me at the counter had plaster dust on his boots. A couple of years ago, one of the patrons had a dope seizure in the booth by the back door.
And I'm not one of those old guys who is always complaining that things don't cost what they cost when he was 6 years old. Yeah. I remember 30-cents-a-gallon gas. I also remember my old man making $65 a week. I live in Massachusetts, so the government is a lot more comfortable with the dress than it is with the rifle, but the omelet continues to cost $20, and probably would if I rode a horse into the diner.
How many of the people currently battling over the speaker of the House position know that most diners offer a two eggs, home fries and toast deal that is usually the cheapest thing on the menu? That little deal costs maybe $5.99 because it doesn't include meat. I used to eat that cheap diner breakfast when I was young and poor, but I stopped because all I did was look at the bacon on other people's plates.
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