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fescuerescue

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26. If they were raising the prices

Reply to Bettie (Reply #17)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 02:58 PM

Apr 2022

Then yes, they absolutely were asking customer to pay.

I honestly don't see a way that it couldn't be.

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So, were they asking customers to "pay for inflation" when they Bettie Apr 2022 #17

If they were raising the prices fescuerescue Apr 2022 #26

Back before they were calling it inflation Bettie Apr 2022 #29

The weird thing is that since all investor class is doing it. fescuerescue Apr 2022 #32

And that may be the goal Bettie Apr 2022 #33

Krugman, Steglitz, Picketty and others, all good. But Reich? He is my FAVORITE PatrickforB Apr 2022 #20

Robert Reich should have a bigger voice. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2022 #23

K&R, Great minds (link) uponit7771 Apr 2022 #24

When the post office stopped delivering live chicks questionseverything Apr 2022 #25

The post office delivered chickens? fescuerescue Apr 2022 #28

Yep in ventilated boxes , in less than 24 hours, especially on the east coast to small farms questionseverything Apr 2022 #30

It's a disguised slur on Biden fescuerescue Apr 2022 #27

They are extra greedy right now though Bettie Apr 2022 #31

Biden has already warned meat packers against colluding to raise prices questionseverything Apr 2022 #34

Democrats need to talk more about who is fueling this inflation. Emile Apr 2022 #40