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BumRushDaShow

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6. "None of this 'we charge taxes separately so you can get mad at the government'"

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 03:07 PM

Mar 26

I think the "itemization" that we do here was demanded by consumer advocates as our companies have a propensity for price gouging. And then there were the "junk fees" (that Biden, at the behest of Warren, et al) that needed to be spelled out and the companies shamed into removing.

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And the stock market goes wild! jmbar2 Mar 26 #1

It was down before it opened this morning (futures) BumRushDaShow Mar 26 #3

Americans love paying higher prices IronLionZion Mar 26 #2

I liked the way the Germans charge VAT jmowreader Mar 26 #4

"None of this 'we charge taxes separately so you can get mad at the government'" BumRushDaShow Mar 26 #6

He's desperate to get attention away from Whiskey Leaks. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 26 #5

I stole that moniker the second I read it wolfie001 Mar 26 #8

Nah you stole if from the person I stole it from :) Bernardo de La Paz Mar 26 #10

Good stealing that I wholeheartedly agree with! wolfie001 Mar 26 #12

NASDAQ Composite (IXIC) 17,852.36 -419.49 (-2.30%) CountAllVotes Mar 26 #7

Rev, rev, rev!!! wolfie001 Mar 26 #9

This is literally going to happen every single fucking week now until we collapse, isn't it? Karasu Mar 26 #11