Uhm....a Pita-Gyro cant cost $6.99. You must be mistaken or something

Banned for, I dont understand how the cost of living can affect the price of food and drinks. Or is that the same thing?

"Cute Pokemon always get Parahax!"

Banned for nobody cares scout

Nope, its about the same in Arizona. My wife loves the things.

Dexter Banned.

Banned for wanting pictures and descriptions.

Well it is the US so portions are typically bigger, that's why our country has weight issues.  By me in Orange County, CA the prices are a little cheaper then that.  Depending on if you go to a chain or privately owned place, you can get them for a few dollars a plate with a side, but then again there is a healthy sized Greek population here who'd be pissed at paying so much for food.  BTW, if you watch the weekly mailer ads here, you can by 2 liter bottles of Coke for 79 - 99 cents each depending on which store is holding the sale, and cheeseburgers from McD's *yuck* are around 89 cents, sometimes there's a two for one special going on.  Personally I prefer In-N-Out.  Love to order off the secret menu.  Get my double double and fries both done animal style.  Damn it, I'm hungry now.  I know where I'm going for breakfast in 5 hours. 

Also something to consider, having been to Greece myself, there's actually two prices for stuff on their menus.  There's the tourist price and the Greek price.  If you look and speak Greek (or are at least there with a local), you pay less, if not, you pay more.  Happens a lot in Mexico too, fortunately I grew up speaking Spanish so homey don't play that down there.  One of those handy little travel tips no one ever mentions.

Banned for getting an education.

Yes things vary by state.  The first factor is the cost it takes to ship or grow stuff there.  Then you have to add in the cost of laborers or cooks or whatever to get you what it is you're buying...  Most importantly, depending on the item, there's a federal tax, state tax, county tax and city tax, all which vary, so like for me, if I buy stuff near my home I pay 8.75% (used to only be 7.25% a couple years ago, damned democrats) and if I drive over to where I grew up in Los Angeles County only 10 minutes away, it's 9.75%, then there's a few cities within LA County that have their tax rate at 10.25% so they pay even a little more for everything...

Agreed, banned for taxes.

No no no no.....  That's just the sales tax for when you buy things, that's not talking about the income tax we all pay every year, FICA tax (social security) medicare, and all the other BS that get's yanked out of our paychecks that run somewhere in the neighborhood of 38-45% of your earnings going to places other then your bank account.  Then there's property taxes if you own a place, use taxes on top of your utility bills, a whole host of little bullshit things added to cell phone bills in the form of taxes.  After all is said and done, you lose at least half of your paycheck to taxes if you're lucky.  Two-thirds if you're not.

Banned for that hurt!

banned for hurting

Ironically, the Constitution originally banned income tax of any form. That eventually got "fixed" by Democrats/Republicans during, I believe, WWII as an emergency taxation. Which we are still technically in that emergency which continued on into the Cold War and now the War on Terrorism.

Banned because we've been taxed for much longer than since WWII.

The 16th Amendment

Under the Constitution, Congress could impose direct taxes only if they were levied in proportion to each State's population. Thus, when a flat rate Federal income tax was enacted in 1894, it was quickly challenged and in 1895 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional because it was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each state.

By 1913, 36 States had ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In October, Congress passed a new income tax law with rates beginning at 1 percent and rising to 7 percent for taxpayers with income in excess of $500,000. Less than 1 percent of the population paid income tax at the time. Form 1040 was introduced as the standard tax reporting form and, though changed in many ways over the years, remains in use today.

Source:http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml

Banned for good for you scoutdog.

All of you are banned for informing a Greek person about taxes and cost of food and drinks in America

"Cute Pokemon always get Parahax!"

Banned for avoiding my previous ban.

There, now you're banned. Happy now?

"Cute Pokemon always get Parahax!"

Banned for lieing.

I go to school and make people happy without trying.

And I love it