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@ILikePie5
If you get a chance, you should research and note which countries hit 8 percent inflation after 2020, and which ones hit around 3 percent. You will find a very interesting correlation. And it has nothing to do with a global corporate conspiracy to inflate prices.
Also very interesting is watching exactly which government politicians the people are democratically replacing in those nations, especially Argentina. It helps to explain the 40% satisfaction with Biden.
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@HistoryBuff
These people all fund both sides.
Exactly.
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@Double_R
Just the current face for the current deeds.
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@ILikePie5
Sam Bankman-Fried fund his campaign.
Party of the wealthy elites, lol..... this aint your Grandmomma's DNC.
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@HistoryBuff
the point is that companies have raised prices far in excess of their costs.
Of course they have to. Businesses have to keep their profit margins to avoid bankruptcy, so prices have to be inflated by at least their profit margins over their cost increases or else the business goes belly-up.
If it costs McDonalds 1 dollar to get the materials for a burger, they have to sell it for 3 dollars profit so they can pay everyone's salaries and the business costs.
If all of a sudden it costs Mc Donald's 2 dollars to get the materials for a burger and they then sell the burger for 4 dollars, that's a huge profit margin drop, and they will be gone very soon.
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@HistoryBuff
It is that the companies sensed they could get away with gouging their customers.
Because there's no substitutes when you have a sanctioned monopoly.
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@HistoryBuff
But this is sort of the besides the point.
This absolutely is not "besides the point'
I had no idea Canada was so corrupt with the crony government colluding to support monopolies which will then inevitably fix the prices as there are no substitutes for the consumer. Canada has a very un-free market in many markets according to the article I linked.
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@HistoryBuff
of bad press
A silly argument since the majority of the press shills for Biden. Unless you are arguing that the press outlets themselves are bad at their jobs. Then okay.
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@HistoryBuff
I did a deep dive into why there was only one bread manufacturer in Canada, and it seems the government rewarded the monopoly through regulations while punishing new businesses through regulations.
It's not just a problem with the bread market in Canada either. Canada has multiple markets where the government supports existing monopolies and punishes new producers.
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@HistoryBuff
That doesn't seem like a real answer. It's extremely hard to fix prices in a market with readily available global substitutes. Much more so when it was just local private competition competing for consumers.
Companies in Canada illegally fixed the price of bread for years.
I will google it, but I will take a guess and say the government restricted the free global market. Governments are then the ones fixing the prices.
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will save the planet.
Unlimited portable energy would mean people wouldn't necessarily need a planet (or a sun) anymore. They could synthesize anything they needed anywhere.
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This is why Biden is sitting at around 40% approval. The public is sick and tired of Adhom tactics when the country is burning to the ground.
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@Best.Korea
I don't have anything nice to say about that.
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@HistoryBuff
The only place it crosses the line is if there is price fixing going on.
Exactly how are you supposed to do that in a global market when a Chinese substitute is a mouse click away?
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peer review...
Peer review is the opposite of consensus. It only takes one person through peer review to debunk a hypothesis.
The final quark to be discovered was the Top Quark in 1995, over 450 scientists were credited with the discovery, that's just how science is done today.
So if it was discovered by one guy, it wouldn't be science?
I think we are done here.
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@ILikePie5
They preferred the two-hate solution.
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@ILikePie5
Well, he did eliminate "junk fees"
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@Sidewalker
Also reported for unwarranted Adhom.
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The Washington Post reports the news.
lol. Grand Lord Bezos approves.
Grey Parrot almost had a 3 way once. He just needed 2 more people.
Reported for unwarranted Adhom.
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More WAPO greatest hits from Lord Bezos.
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@HistoryBuff
And it is going to blow up in their face.
It didn't exactly blow up in the Democrat's face when they did it...
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@Sidewalker
Additionally, "consensus science" is the precursor to confirmation bias. Another mortal enemy of actual science....
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@Sidewalker
That's so cute and sweet you still have the mind of a child to think that's not what goes on in politics. How precious.
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@Swagnarok
I think he meant to say if the Republicans were as good at Blackmailing and Extortion as the Democrats, there would be more resignations.
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@Sidewalker
You guys are so weird, praising Republicans one day then praising Democrats the next day. Just pick a master and be done with it.
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@FLRW
Proof why you don't give a crack addict like the FedGov your hard-earned tax money. No matter how much they take, they will spend twice that.
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@FLRW
MSNBC Denies Allegations of Removing Muslim Hosts During Hamas/Israel Conflict
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@ILikePie5
Remember that 35% was like one of the highest in the world and corporations put their companies in foreign nations just to avoid the higher tax rate :)
We also had to ask other nations to build here since homegrown Americans know better what happens when you do... :)
Nothing is Built.
Nothing is Back.
Nothing is Better.
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@FLRW
That's a little creepy.
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@FLRW
Low-effort trolling won't save taxpayers from paying the tuition bill for Buffy and Fred.
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that money that was being tied down paying loans can now be spent on buying a house, a car etc. This is a massive boost to the economy as a whole.
Thanks for that lesson in trickle down economics Mr. Reagan.... because asking poor people to pay up to get rich people to spend money is a time honored tradition in economic circles. Who do you really think is going to end up paying for defaulted loans from elite degreed people and inflation anyway?
But I guess if you wanted a way to cut 400 Billion dollars in revenue for the government, this would be one way to do it....you know as well as I do that revenue cut won't last.
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But I mean, alleviating student debt,
That's a head scratcher for sure considering it's the poor working stiff paying the bills of the most elite class of people.... more proof that the left ideology is insignificant compared to the ideology of control.
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@HistoryBuff
And that is right wing economic ideology.
Control is a third ideology. Left and right are barely distinguishable American ideologies in comparison. Your posts suggest that the illusion of choice and the existence of left and right actually exist. Again, Bezos's far-left WAPO is all about control. It's very effective because people believe the lie that if someone wears the left wing skin, that they cannot exert control over those who have little control.
If common people believed Republicans actually wanted to dismantle the institutions of power and control, every Billionaire would convert to the Republican skin overnight to perpetuate the scam. The scam perpetuated by the 3rd class of elites in control. The government class today holds all the power over both the bourgeoisie and the common poor worker. Marx would have really been shocked.
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@HistoryBuff
He owns WAPO, clearly he isn't afraid to wear that skin when it suits him. If his ownership was actually about ideology, WAPO would be promoting someone else to control the people.
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@HistoryBuff
It's just the costume they wear that works. Right now, the left-wing costume is very popular for billionaires.
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@HistoryBuff
Like I said, this isn't about Ideology, it is about control. Democrat and Republican are labels for the same thing. Control.
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@HistoryBuff
So Bezos is right-wing? Odd take, but ok.
It's quite common for billionaires to signal left on social issues while embracing the traditional authoritarian role of the government subsidizing corporations and billionaires. Wolves in sheep's clothing. So much so, they even start to believe it themselves! The propaganda literally writes itself for them. Most Democrats since FDR have enjoyed the cozy relationship between industry giants and political donations.
Do you think Disney and Budweiser actually believe their own propaganda? It's just a means to control those who have little control.
I doubt Bezos himself believes half the stuff far-left WAPO prints, but allows it as a means for control.
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@HistoryBuff
It's not an equal problem because there are many more leftist billionaires in the game with more money. It's all about control.
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@HistoryBuff
Most MSM is run by leftist billionaires, from Gates to Bezos. I see the problem is pretty big there.
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@HistoryBuff
Maybe the left will wake up to the fact that media propaganda isn't telling the whole story, be it in Palestine, Iraq, or Ukraine.
Elite wealthy people in the media have been masters of the left long enough.
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@John_C_87
The argument is possible reasons why all men might want to hold themselves as created equal by their creator by declaration of Independence from English law.
You should finish the sentence. It states "all men are created equal" in that all men have a creator endowed right to live, because we naturally wish to live as observed as a natural born instinct. An instinct observed also in utero, as a baby will recoil from a bright light or recoil from a prick. Starting around 7 weeks.
Before that Declaration, it was the King who decided on the convenience of who was fit to live. Today, it's a woman.
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Are we sentient or self-aware in the womb? No. Infants in utero are not self-aware.
Low-effort trolling doesn't refute the fact you declared infants that are not self-aware should be killed. That includes infants under 2 that can't recognize themselves in a mirror. Par for a Democrat.
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@FLRW
Sentience (the ability to feel, perceive, or to experience subjectivity) is not the same as self-awareness (being aware of oneself as an individual).
By your criteria, we should be free to kill 1 year olds.
Par for a Biden supporter I guess....
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@Public-Choice
All government agencies hemorrhage money.
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Low-effort trolling can't save Biden from his own worst enemy, himself.
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So a loss in Ukraine, followed by a massive loss of support over the Gaza slaughter.
Never underestimate Joe's ability to F things up. Thanks for that warning, Obama!
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