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mahina

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20. 1.79 on sale here but they are the yummy local apple bananas.

Reply to kwijybo (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 09:58 PM

Oct 2022

I have no idea what the big ones from the continent cost because I never buy those. Yuck.

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Katie Porter: Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2022 OP

I dunno, that's pretty complicated gratuitous Oct 2022 #1

Yes. mjvpi Oct 2022 #15

Your question isn't entirely facetious, sad to say. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2022 #37

Yup SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

Doesn't surprise me at all. JoanofArgh Oct 2022 #3

I don't think we need politicians to tell us this. It's no Nixie Oct 2022 #4

We absolutely need politicians to tell us this. Who else is going to?? Not the corps or the Repukes. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #8

and none of the Nex Gen remembers Enron/ Bush/ Cheney/ Iraq. Even though we do. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #9

And that's why the repukes want to control all of the levers of government. They're pretending erronis Oct 2022 #35

The obvious solution is to tax the corporate profits FakeNoose Oct 2022 #24

I'd like to see her as Commerce Secretary or chair of calimary Oct 2022 #32

I watch retail prices rather closely bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #5

Oddly, still $0.59/lb at the same store kwijybo Oct 2022 #14

1.79 on sale here but they are the yummy local apple bananas. mahina Oct 2022 #20

That's a great observation. I do our grocery shopping. Bananas KPN Oct 2022 #22

Bingo. bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #27

Yup. I saw Lays Kettle Potato Chips with $6.89 printed on KPN Oct 2022 #43

Should be a commercial on every sporting event until election day JT45242 Oct 2022 #6

Should be but won't. KPN Oct 2022 #23

Send the clip to every news outlet blm Oct 2022 #7

I heard CBS news rattling on about Pres. Biden Marthe48 Oct 2022 #10

Of course! CEOs are trying to make up for the COVID years' losses.. n/t TeamProg Oct 2022 #11

I wish Americans knew this. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #12

Corporate taxes should go up proportionally. Sogo Oct 2022 #13

What? And admit Saint Ronnie was just a puppet and wrong, to boot? NullTuples Oct 2022 #19

At least to 50% MichMan Oct 2022 #21

A nice, progressive windfall tax would be tasty. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #26

Taxes are already proportional... Zeitghost Oct 2022 #34

Screaming this for months. Why, why, why hasn't this been a consistent message from ALL our Samrob Oct 2022 #16

Of course it is, but kacekwl Oct 2022 #17

just check recent oil company profits. Thats the driver ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #18

Confirms what 'the man in the street' suspected all along. Also refutes the ignorant Fed. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #25

Post removed Post removed Oct 2022 #28

Are you using a homophobic/sexist slur as a pejorative on DU? Are you anti men/women who suck cock? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #42

If that is true, Progressive dog Oct 2022 #29

Prices are obviously higher because profits are at record levels. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #31

Because high yields in US Treasuries are a hurricane while stock market appeals are rain showers uponit7771 Oct 2022 #39

kick. Biden just called out the oil companies for using their profits to buy their own stock. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #30

Katie Porter is one of my other heroes! BComplex Oct 2022 #33

Me too..Love Katie Porter! whathehell Oct 2022 #38

Heard that on NPR this a.m. Volume of products sold went down while profits were historic highs. nt allegorical oracle Oct 2022 #36

So what could the government do about that? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2022 #41

Yup and a couple months ago they surveyed execs who Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2022 #40

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 #44