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wrote about this back in march. all these corporations know consumers expect prices to go up so they’re going to jack prices up even more in order to profit maximize well beyond the impact tariffs have.
Somehow I’ve only just now noticed that that list is probably in descending order of “how much I hate you” rather than being alphabetical, by percentage, or even by approximate geographical location.
"The President of Vietnam said he didn't want a TRUMP pencil tower. I said it was gold and very, very classy. He still said no. I don't like him. I don't like the country. Many, many problems. Very dirty and..."
Fuck I love capitalism
IFLC
Give it a hash tag, and someone would probably wear it
Profit motive go brrr society can kick rocks there's MONEY TO BE MADE
But porky, you can’t just demand from poors a raise. If they do, they increase the likelihood of unionizing and striking! Therefore it simply good economics you keep taking one for the team over and over again!
Hey if they keep threatening to raise prices out of protest if minimum wage goes up, I’ll use their arguments against them.
Doy
noiticin' stuff
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