Thursday, May 26, 2022

Price gouging? Real or fancied? Ignored, "Look over there. Nothing to see here." Stories to sell, or bills drafted to fix price gouging? What's your "belief system"choice?

 Playing the devil's advocate, Republican posting two links, with embedded content from, where else, FOX talking head punditry - embedded FOX stuff, to convince you. A/k/a to sell you a story. You can read the text, but it's based on FOX -

Kudlow wallowing in words, saying what, exactly?

The talking head authority? What's his name, saying "Hunter Biden," then saying "Whoopie Goldberg," as if picking easy punching bags is journalism.

Authoratative?

Consider - Common Dreams:

Poll Shows Majority of US Voters Blame Corporate Profiteering for Inflation

New Warren Bill Would Empower Feds to Crack Down on Corporate Price Gouging

Ahead of House Vote, Analysis Details How Big Oil Price Gouging Rewards Wall Street 

From that first item's closing paragraphs, links you can follow -

The new survey data was released after several high-profile corporations—including Starbucks and Amazon—announced plans to hike prices on goods and services even after reporting rising profits.

To start the new year, the New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer hiked prices on 125 of its products—from its pneumonia vaccine to a treatment for people with cardiovascular disease—even after raking in huge profits from its coronavirus vaccine in 2021.

Overall, amid a devastating pandemic and ongoing economic pain for low-income households, top U.S. corporations saw their profits surge to record highs in 2021.

"Take a look around the economy today," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the chair of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote in a Twitter post last week. "McDonald's: profits up 59%. They're raising prices. Starbucks: record profits. They're raising prices. Amazon: record profits. Shock of shocks! They're raising prices!"

"Maybe—just maybe—we've got a corporate greed problem," Sanders added.

Believe what you will.