Taco Bell biasDemocrats say the Taco Bell poll is rigged: Taco Bell announced the first installment of its Taco Poll results yesterday, in which 54 percent of the votes went to Schwarzenegger and his crunchy beef taco, and just three percent of the votes went to Davis and his chicken soft taco. All other candidates received 43 percent of votes through purchases of the chain’s Grilled Stuft Burrito.This poll confirms what I have thought for a long time: the chicken soft taco at Taco Bell is vastly overpriced. The Taco Bell at Boston University charges 79 cents for a crunchy beef taco and $1.79 for a chicken soft taco. That's more than twice as much. By contrast, other items with chicken cost only a little more than the same item with beef; for example, the grilled stuft burrito costs only 50 cents more with chicken than with beef (not 100% sure about this). Maybe they would sell more chicken soft tacos if they lower the price to a reasonable level. Or maybe they like the idea of pairing a product that costs way too much with the governor of a state that spent way too much. Other reactions: Rand Simberg thinks the Democrats are nuts, Spoons says Taco Bell is violating campaign finance laws, and Eric Lindholm thinks Taco Bell missed a great opportunity to run up sales on chicken soft tacos by assigning it to Arnold instead. |
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