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ShazamIam

(2,574 posts)
1. The inflation is not due to policy but to problems in the supply chain such manufacturing that had
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:50 AM
Jul 2021

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closed are slow to catch up production, there are still supply chain issues, it is temporary but is going to be used to stop any effort to increase the minimum wage, a topic that h as vanished from the news.

Fatter profits for fewer products seems like the producers benefit from the inflation and with everything so monopolized into such a few mega-corporations, we can freely suspect there is deliberate sabotage and manipulation.

Profits plus an argument against a federal minimum wage increase.

Edit: I was multi-tasking and posted this comment on the wrong thread, sorry.

bamagal62

(3,258 posts)
5. Definitely supply chain issues.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:57 AM
Jul 2021

My son works in that area for a large retailer. Everything is back ordered or out of stock. They might have swimsuits showing up in December!!

ShazamIam

(2,574 posts)
10. Yes, so the producers and sellers who do have product can dramatically increase the price and
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:08 PM
Jul 2021

still find buyers then blame the increases on wages that are not increasing much never mind the glowing and repeated articles about the few employers who have increased pay, announced by the media as if it is common.

ancianita

(36,065 posts)
8. Your post is still relevant.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 08:23 PM
Jul 2021

These corporate scarcity games have been enabled by the bagmen who've given them countless tax breaks and deregulated their environmental or human harms.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
3. Thanks for posting it, BBJ. If only this were distilled to a 2 minute ad played through the Olympics
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:06 AM
Jul 2021

Whitehouse is one of our best, no doubt.

jaxexpat

(6,832 posts)
4. Okay, so there is corruption in the USSC. It's engineered makeup has predetermined it's judgement.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:11 AM
Jul 2021

Go after the engineers and those that backed them. Go after them with pitchforks if necessary.

This is the sort of stuff that happens when the BEST governmental system that CAN ever be, DEMOCRACY, devolves into anything that is NOT "one person/one vote".

ancianita

(36,065 posts)
9. If there is no For The People Act, the door to fascism has been opened, and all media who
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 08:56 PM
Jul 2021

have ignored this horror will not be around anymore to help fix this fascist horror.

They will have been eliminated, including this site.

ShazamIam

(2,574 posts)
11. OP, I appreciate the post and Senator Whitehouse, thanks for posting I knew the dark money court
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:12 PM
Jul 2021

gets attention but not condemnation in the media. I apologize for posting a comment here meant for another post. :/

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