Posted on 12/18/2020 6:45:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Well gee why stop there? Go after all the investors in those corporations too! I’m sure some politicians have stock in a few of these companies.
While we’re at it, how much money did these corporations give in campaign contributions and to whom?
If by "undone" by setting businesses free, I agree.
If taxing companies that are doing what their business model was designed to do, no.
How about we close the big companies and only allow small businesses to open ;-)
If they can impose huge taxes and stifle business for covid, they can justify doing this for anything:
BLM
LGBT historic discrimination
basic income
and on and on and on.
In the meantime, they cannibalize the economy.
But of course you understand this. I’m just commenting.
Sad others don't get it.
Great minds... :-)
The whole lock down is illegal.
So, are we to solve a problem caused by illegal government actions by another illegal government action?
This whole COVID mess wreaks of being Socialist power grab strategy.
The COVID lockdowns gave the Democrats the excuse to push through Vote By Mail which gave Biden the election. Now they want to use damage done by the COVID lock down to take the power to redistribute profits at will.
The Democrats have created the crisis they have always wanted to take over the government completely.
I usually don’t buy in to conspiracy theories but it is hard to see this COVID non-pandemic any other way.
> Why are Amazon sellers allowed price gouging during a national crisis? <
Some cleaning and disinfecting supplies are at price gouging levels. So we agree there. But I’ve seen little price gouging elsewhere. A box of nails is still priced reasonably, etc, (At least as far as I can tell.)
It pains me to see small businesses slip away. But that was happening even before the pandemic. It was going to happen either way.
Not totally crazy. Maybe on a volunteer basis, after all, these companies voluntarily opened up their wallets in a big way for BLM.
No it doesn’t! We know who is vulnerable and who is not. Open up accordingly. Period!
who decides what an “excess profit” is?
If you are a communist.
There was significant price gouging on anything that was in heavy demand. I know because I had to buy some of it.
The same people who decided that the livelihoods of the people they hate are "non-essential."
To them.
Price gouging is the free market at work. High prices make it worthwhile to quickly bring in needed items.
Taxing Facebook into oblivion sounds good.
Not to me. “Excess profits”? I hear crap like that and it’s just more “we’re all in this together” “you didn’t build that” collectivist crap.
The govt would be instantly addicted to the revenue stream. We’d never get out of lockdown.
We’re already never going to get out of lockdown, but I changed my mind and it’s a bad idea. I am just pissed off that the big box stores get to stay open and the small businesses get destroyed.
Price gouging needs to be shut down hard.
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