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Maybe we should increase the tax on junk food and put that toward lowering the cost of staple healthier foods. It's almost criminal how these corporations sell absolute **** with no nutritional value. Would lower our healthcare costs and people would be too sexy for their shirts.
 
Fish, don't you work in the food industry? Do you really think price gouging is a huge problem in the food industry?
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Fish, don't you work in the food industry? Do you really think price gouging is a huge problem in the food industry?
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I work in production, not sales

I have no idea what the pricing on our products looks like or how much or little it fluctuates.

I do get emails about quarterly earnings and profits though and I know we have set a lot of records in the last few years.



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fishonjazz said:
I work in production, not sales

I have no idea what the pricing on our products looks like or how much or little it fluctuates.

I do get emails about quarterly earnings and profits though and I know we have set a lot of records in the last few years.
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Does your company treat you well? Give bonuses or wage increases when business is doing well. Do they have good insurance and retirement?

Just want to see if you feel like they take care of you.
 
fishonjazz said:
I work in production, not sales

I have no idea what the pricing on our products looks like or how much or little it fluctuates.

I do get emails about quarterly earnings and profits though and I know we have set a lot of records in the last few years.



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Interesting. In my experience in the food industry most companies are experiencing record sales, because of increased prices, but profits are flat, because costs are at all time highs.

I don't personally see price gouging as a concern in the food industry as there is so much competition that if something is overpriced it will get corrected quickly as a competitor can come in and take sales away. Also, in general profit margins are so low in food that even when prices go up, it's not like margins get super high like I would define gouging.
 
fishonjazz said:
I work in production, not sales

I have no idea what the pricing on our products looks like or how much or little it fluctuates.

I do get emails about quarterly earnings and profits though and I know we have set a lot of records in the last few years.



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Wait, haven’t we been in an economic depression for the last 4 years?
 
str8line said:
Maybe we should increase the tax on junk food and put that toward lowering the cost of staple healthier foods. It's almost criminal how these corporations sell absolute **** with no nutritional value. Would lower our healthcare costs and people would be too sexy for their shirts.
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Companies make what people want to buy, and those that try to sell healthier food are at a disadvantage because it won't sell as well and is generally more expensive to make.

I'm not sure what the best way to make nutritious food more advantageous to make for food Companies, but we need to do more.
 
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fishonjazz said:
Good point. We should encourage businesses to raise the price of these items...
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The government shouldn't doing that either. So long as there isn't a monopoly, including a government monopoly, forcing prices then the market will take care of it.

Don't fall for the fake promises or blame-casting made by socialists. Their solutions NEVER work out like they promise and typically the people don't find that out until their kid is hungry and there is no food for to give them. Price controls are bad news.
 
Price controls is just a campaign promise that will never be fulfilled. The reality though is that the cost of food is way more important to people than illegal immigration. Kamala should point out that she wants to lower food costs while Trump wants to deport immigrants which would result in food price spikes.
 
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