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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What corporate price gouging?


7 posted on 08/21/2024 3:04:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
When corporations raise prices in response to market conditions, it is price gouging...

When governments raise capital gains taxes, corporate taxes, income taxes, property taxes, taxes on unrealized capital gains....it is called fairness...

9 posted on 08/21/2024 3:16:44 PM PDT by fhayek
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How about “Big Education” gouging?
After all, schools get more and more tax dollars and Higher Ed get higher tuition costs but the results is a dumber electorate!
Oh, they’re on the “right side”!


11 posted on 08/21/2024 3:31:59 PM PDT by RedMonqey (This is no longer America but "Amerika"!)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, Pfizer’s net profit was something like 140% during the pandemic. (I think it is negative something now.)

Banks and credit cards are typically around 30%. Oil and gas is 10 to 15%. Krogers was less than 2% for 2023.


15 posted on 08/21/2024 4:05:58 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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