And people say McDonalds is evil.

Will most of those jobs be minimum wage? Probably. But would there be 50,000 less jobs if they didn't do this. Yes. And making something is better than nothing. I'm about to go find a summer job there if I can't anywhere else. (I'm 18, flipping burgers isn't really a bad job at this age, it's just that I can probably find a better one)

Seems like an awful lot of hiring for a fast-food chain in this economy.

They need as much help as possible to kill off the masses who are ignorant of the dangers of eating that crap.