▲ 857 ▼ ‘Stop the price-gouging’: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] SCB@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Price controls are an extremely radical concept, themselves. Last thing this economy needs is further distortion. The sucky thing about inflation is you have to run through it like an illness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Windfall taxes. Let them share their gains, that's the whole point of taxes since society don't work otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago That's vastly different from a direct price control, in both intent and effect. I'd love to pass lots more taxes but with the current House that's completely impossible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Windfall taxes. Let them share their gains, that's the whole point of taxes since society don't work otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago That's vastly different from a direct price control, in both intent and effect. I'd love to pass lots more taxes but with the current House that's completely impossible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago That's vastly different from a direct price control, in both intent and effect. I'd love to pass lots more taxes but with the current House that's completely impossible permalink fedilink source parent