Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike.
https://www.voanews.com/a/americans-refusal-to-keep-paying-higher-prices-may-be-dealing-a-final-blow-to-us-inflation-spike-/7738926.html
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DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
Americans refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing final blow to price gouging
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
I feel like banning stock buybacks would have more of a real and long-term effect than just relying on the market to “self-correct”
collapse_already@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
Tax on realized capital gains above $500k. Capital gains taxed as ordinary income or maybe a higher rate than OI since it isn't really earned by the investor but by the labor of the employees of the company they "invested" in.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
1-month minimum hold time before selling of stocks.
teamevil@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y
When the CEOs (Kroger, looking at you) are literally bragging on quarterly earnings calls about raising prices and keeping them there just because they can - we call that Price Gouging. If only we had some kind of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that could help to regulate these greedy business practices…
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I love how it's "refusal" to be maxed out fathoms deep in debt.
OsaErisXero@kbin.run · 7 pts · 2y
Joke's on you, the only reason I'm not paying more is because I'm already maxed out