• TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    29 days ago

    Hard to control artificial prices if you “drill baby drill YOLO” as a policy, unless the government subsidizes the difference so shareholders/Wall Street can still maximize profits.

    OR

    We deregulate them (even more) and let them loose on the country unburdened by rules and safety (again even less than are already relaxed rules).

  • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    I don’t doubt it. The shock from 2020 is still being felt in the industry. They aren’t saying this to placate you, it’s just a fact that they are trying to maximize future profitability. They’ll take tax cuts, but they won’t use it to bring the price down. You’ll pay what you’ll pay. They’ll just pocket the difference

  • ATDA@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    I COULD spend freebie money to bring the cost of my product down and make more of the product to bring down prices but… Fuck you!

    Wow that was a fun thought experiment.