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Yet, no proposal to cap surge pricing. Even if a law had zero chance of passing, a good proposal would win support and at a minimum bring attention to the percentage of inflation that is price gauging.
As for how to curb surge pricing, any price increase over ten percent in a year triggers a hundred percent tax on executive compensation, stock buy backs, dividends, mergers, investments... When the companies have no way of rewarding themselves with the excess revenue from gauging consumers, they will stop. This still allows companies to raise prices if cost go up, they just don't get to see increased profits from doing so.
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explain for !r-slurs who can't read graphs
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States with big MIC are doing better then rest.
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Surprise, surprise, most people are dumb as frick lol
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These are the swing states? Diamond Joe showing his strategic brilliance
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You know what the REAL problem is? Oh, it's those GREEDY Krogers and Walgreens stores!!!
You know, the stores that are getting "culturally enriched" to the point they're closing up shop in inner cities? Yeah, it's the grocery stores' greed that's causing the problem LMFAO
This is Biden's strongest shill? Biden's so fricking cooked in November bros.
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Tfw you realize just how bad things are
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I had a 50% raise in 2023 ($80ish to $130) and six figures doesn't feel at all like I thought it would. After deductions and tax I have about $60ish in cash, half of which is rent.
Will that change if we stop giving poors money? No, but I'd feel better.
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$30k in rent? What the frick are you doing?
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Paying the proper 50% tip, as you also should.
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Our man is hustling and bustling
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Rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in US metro areas can easily be 3k a month
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Only in like 3 cities in the US, most are not that absurd
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Eating paint chips and waiting on interest rates
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citicel spotted
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It's interesting that it's a question about feeling poorer. A lot of the economy is based on vibes after all. Are they actually poorer? Maybe not, but they feel poorer, and that's the important thing.
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It makes sense if you're trying to estimate how people will vote in November, rather than evaluating any actual economic policy.
It was and still is true that most poor people are poor because of their own bad decisions and not because of "the economy".
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The real red pill (commie) is how trump convinced fish to walk on land therefore kickstarting late stage capitalism.
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