Obscene $175 Hamburger

If Marie Antoinette were alive today, her famous "Let them eat cake" remark, would be replaced by "Let them eat Hamburger", as this next story shows the inequities of our society in a very visible and obscene symbol~~a $175 Hamburger. This may sound like class warfare stuff(and it may be, as I am angry), but in a country were people go hungry everyday, and a world where starvation is rampant, is it not the height of haughtiness to create such a meal~~out of a symbol of the common man~a hamburger?!~!

We already know that the rich can have a dinner for two, that costs as much as a lot of us pay in rent for the month, but I thought this story about a "hamburger" no matter how :special", showed just how much hate the rich have for the rest of us, and I found nothing interesting or amusing about it, (other than write about it and perhaps make you angry as well)~~as this just shows their snobbishness toward us!!
The story says:

Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger.

The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.

"Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the everyday burger (for $4) ... and then something special if you really have a good day on Wall Street," said co-owner Heather Tierney.

The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O'Connell, seeks to justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun.

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