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Greed...
The answer, as for so many others, is greed.
worked for a food distrobutor during covid and they had a meeting about jacking up prices on covid supplies and all other items. At the time I said the covid supplies was a big issue. Nope, full steam ahead. I even did a whistlr blower complaint to the FTC with all the documents. Nothing ever came of it.
My work magically got a supply of N95 masks early in Covid. It was unexpected, so we didn't have a plan or a system for them. Didn't think to have a limit or anything.
A crew from Albert Lee bought every single one, took them back to their store, and sold them at 100% markup.
How could capitalism ever turn out this way? /s
Thank Reagan and Thatcher for that fucking mess.
Fucking trickle down Reaganomics Heritage Foundation bullshit. They're still around and still dragging the country down.
And thank the capitalist system for allowing that mess to happen to begin with.
Can't buy politicians if you put a hard cap on wealth and workers own the means of production.
Most evil political duo of my lifetime for sure.
It’s amazing how many people don’t understand this. Prices go up for a long time and almost never come down after because that would lead to losses and a stock dive. But the narrative is that it’s greed. It’s not bloody greed, it’s Capitalism’s process. Want that to change, stop putting money in the stock market.
Why'd you say the same thing twice?
Your attempt at being funny misses the entire point.
I'd love to, but I have 2 locked-in RRSPs that can only be invested in the stock market (from former jobs). It pisses me off to no end that I have exactly zero control over them ... and have just (in the past 2 years) gained what I lost in the 2008 crash.
Fuck Wall St and fuck jobs that force me into the stock market.
Oh I hear you. My 401k and rollovers are in the market. If you want to make any kind of money you don’t really have a choice.
I was at the grocery store yesterday. A single shrinkflation Hershey's bar was $2.49. Some prices have doubled in 1-5 years... Are you fucking kidding me!?
Imagine paying two and a half bucks for brown wax 🤢
Ain't that the truth. If it were a $3 chocolate bar made by a chocolatier in a real shop with a decent amount of cocoa in it that might be worth it. But it's really disappointing mass produced slightly vomit-tasting brown wax, it's disgusting and barely worth $1.