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minus-squarewreel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoThe price gouging is mainly coming from consumer facing markets, not government contracts. Even with discretionary spending there isn’t that much that pure executive branch actions can do to dissuade the price gouging that we’ve been seeing.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year agoWell to be fair, there is A LOT of price gouging from government contracts, but they just print the money for it so they don’t REALLY care.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down8·1 year agoYup. If the President threatened to void federal contracts, you’d see immediate change. But the president doesn’t work for us.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year ago void federal contracts I’m sure Walmart and Chipotle are shaking in their boots. I guess a president DID get McDonald’s delivered to the White House once.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·1 year agoNever fails to amuse me the extent to which people make excuses for the leader of the free world.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNot sure what Jens Stoltenberg is gonna do about the price of bread in the USA, or are you confused with “leader of the USA” and “everyone else”?
The price gouging is mainly coming from consumer facing markets, not government contracts. Even with discretionary spending there isn’t that much that pure executive branch actions can do to dissuade the price gouging that we’ve been seeing.
Well to be fair, there is A LOT of price gouging from government contracts, but they just print the money for it so they don’t REALLY care.
Yup.
If the President threatened to void federal contracts, you’d see immediate change.
But the president doesn’t work for us.
I’m sure Walmart and Chipotle are shaking in their boots. I guess a president DID get McDonald’s delivered to the White House once.
Never fails to amuse me the extent to which people make excuses for the leader of the free world.
Not sure what Jens Stoltenberg is gonna do about the price of bread in the USA, or are you confused with “leader of the USA” and “everyone else”?