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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:19 AM Sep 2022

Is it just possible that a good portion of the "inflstion" we are hearing about daily is [View all]

just mega-corporations spiking their prices in an effort to defeat more Democrats in the mid-terms AND pad their earnings?

We call that "gouging".

They call that "a two-fer".

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Is it just possible that a good portion of the "inflstion" we are hearing about daily is [View all] Atticus Sep 2022 OP

A case of having your cake and eating it too. Yea, it is possible. Chainfire Sep 2022 #1

Of course it is! Totally. yardwork Sep 2022 #2

Global Inflation Johnny2X2X Sep 2022 #3

thanks. I think that has it pretty square. stopdiggin Sep 2022 #7

My company is (well, used to be) a JIT manufacturer VWolf Sep 2022 #28

Yes, and the problem with the FED continuing to increase interest rates is that it does not Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #32

It's really a matter of how you define gouging. From labor's standpoint, KPN Sep 2022 #40

An article in Fortune discussed this exact issue ripcord Sep 2022 #49

Exactly what they are doing Grolph_ Sep 2022 #4

Predatory Capitalism is alive and well. Emile Sep 2022 #5

Gas prices are going back up just before the midterm Emile Sep 2022 #6

also might have something to do with stopdiggin Sep 2022 #10

Sure, okay. . . Emile Sep 2022 #11

Hurricanes are always a good excuse to Jack up oil and gas prices KPN Sep 2022 #45

Why did they ever go down at all? MichMan Sep 2022 #13

Give President Biden credit! Emile Sep 2022 #14

It is greedflation. Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #8

A lot of it is Bettie Sep 2022 #39

No. brooklynite Sep 2022 #9

It's not one big conspiracy but Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #23

Correct. It's not a conspiracy, it's a characteristic of KPN Sep 2022 #47

So are they also doing this in the UK to harm the conservative government? onenote Sep 2022 #12

Bingo, this is GLOBAL INFLATION Johnny2X2X Sep 2022 #16

You didn't really think they were going to let YOU keep all that 2020 money underpants Sep 2022 #15

+1 2naSalit Sep 2022 #17

+2 Emile Sep 2022 #18

+3 leftstreet Sep 2022 #58

It's just greed. Pure greed. themaguffin Sep 2022 #19

More than possible. Very likely! ananda Sep 2022 #20

IMO, it's just price gouging for the sake of more profits, ie... Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 #21

That is exactly what it is. PatrickforB Sep 2022 #22

+1 Emile Sep 2022 #26

Exactly Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #35

Absolutely. They do it every time. Wicked Blue Sep 2022 #24

Yep. Virtual cartels control so many key industries now that they can manipulate prices. TheRickles Sep 2022 #25

I know it is. Of course it is. All other so called explanations are mega woo BS Roisin Ni Fiachra Sep 2022 #27

Agree! True Blue American Sep 2022 #37

So, clearly Prairie_Seagull Sep 2022 #29

Some but not most. This was going to happen no matter WHO won the presidency. oldsoftie Sep 2022 #30

That's EXACTLY what it is. You nailed it. ancianita Sep 2022 #31

Profit taking. Marcuse Sep 2022 #33

Totally Possible NowISeetheLight Sep 2022 #34

Yes it is! True Blue American Sep 2022 #36

Yes, they're also getting corporate media to talk down the economy. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #38

Yes, the so called economic experts blowing smoke out their asses Emile Sep 2022 #43

that's a significant factor, but most of it is driven by monetary policy Amishman Sep 2022 #41

Imagine if the repubes take the house. And they put social Meadowoak Sep 2022 #42

They'll probably raise the Social Security retirement age again. Emile Sep 2022 #59

mega-corporations spiking their prices in an effort to defeat more Democrats? Person of Interest Sep 2022 #44

Tiffany Smiley is running against Patty Murray. Mblaze Sep 2022 #46

One minute Joe is a big spending Socialist, next minute he's a Predatory Capitalist raising prices. Emile Sep 2022 #54

Tried and true unfettered capitalism. 'Murican dream, baby! rubbersole Sep 2022 #48

REMINDER: Every Single House Republican Voted Against Efforts to Lower Gas Prices Botany Sep 2022 #50

If we're not just running against Republicans, but also against mega-corporations and the media Mr. Ected Sep 2022 #51

It absolutely is. BradAllison Sep 2022 #52

More than possible, I think it's a sure thing Handler Sep 2022 #53

Past time for a windfall profits tax SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #55

I see it more like trying to recoup what business lost during pandemic. The biggest txwhitedove Sep 2022 #56

That's been my thinking since the supply chain woes seem to have eased. Texin Sep 2022 #57

Yes Meowmee Sep 2022 #60