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How Corporate Greed Drives Inflation: Price Gouging (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jan 2022
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barbaraann
(9,151 posts)1. As I posted on an earlier thread, it's price-gouging.
The inflation we have now is a result of price-gouging actions taken by greedy humans.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)2. Righto, I saw your thread..
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)3. I have been screaming and ranting about the monopolization of every essential sector of the
economy since the 90s when it was probably about 70% and now is nearing 90% and it is going to require catastrophic change to slow or stop
then throw in all the privatization of fully tax supported government services and calculate how much of the so called government economy has been privatized into the same hands as the so called private sector.
Edit: an/and
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)4. A colossal mess, system needs major reform, yesterday. I hear you!
dalton99a
(81,464 posts)5. Kick
bdamomma
(63,840 posts)6. We need to call out
the corporations from price gouging.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/675