Exactly. So will Republicans blame tRump for inflation because corporations keep raising prices to boost their bottom line? Who am I kidding. They will keep blaming Dems like always.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced her resignation from The Washington Post following the newspaper's decision to reject one of her cartoons.
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Because of the systematic degradation of our education system. Civics is no longer taught in any meaningful way. People do not understand how anything works outside of their immediate sphere of influence. And they don’t care. If they are ignorant they are not responsible.
Rich people care about other rich people. They’ll be taxed less w us taxed MORE. Rich get richer. They are greedy & selfish. Our only slim hope is the senate at this point but don’t count on it. @senategop.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
Corporate profits paid out in dividends to shareholders and absurdly high pay for so many executives is money that consumers pay in exchange for absolutely nothing in return. It represents the money investors need to play their games in the stock market. The burden is on workers and consumers.
Back when we had a congress, they would investigate price gouging and further back, they set the prices for energy and food staples.
That was when a large family could live well on a single paycheck.
When VP Harris advocated holding big companies responsible for not making price deals, she was called a communist. The same people will now hopefully starve. I have no pity for them.
In Canada, one of the supermarket chains testified that their stores are only making 4% profit because of the business costs, like rent.
What they neglected to mention is that they are major shareholders in the real estate investment fund that owns the properties. It's all a game to them.
I remember during Covid when supply chains were broken. Prices went up on everything, supply chain issues or no. I thought, this makes sense, but when they fix the supply chain problems these temporary prices increases will be reversed. Nope. Then exec comp went up and the stock buybacks started 🙄
I think it's weirder that everyone assumes conservatives are fiscally responsible, and prudent. That's the biggest bunch of bullshit that ever was. Conservatives have NO IDEA how to manage money. That's why they always want more.
We should find a way to make it really interesting how the Federal Minimum Wage hasn't been raised in nearly 30 years, like a blockbuster film where the Wage has to save everyone from getting tossed out onto the streets. Or it stops some alien invasion, maybe a rom-com where it falls in love..
That’s the price gouging, that Kamala was going to address. Now we get at least 4 more years of it, and then some. It also seems likely that when the tariffs take effect, companies will add extra to the tariff amount per item. We will be paying more on top of more.
Or pay their fair share in Taxes. Wake up people money is coming from you, stop watching their shows find some sort of entertainment wait is this Truman show crap like what you wanted? OH I'll get freaky with it if that's the case.
Deregulation did nothing for the consumer and everything for corporate America. It simply deregulated their greed & the consumers are still paying for it.
If any one group can start or stop inflation is is the corporations with a "Global Reach", coupled to the usual collusion (The polite word for Conspiracy) they can indeed use it to crush competition and generate profits. Slowly the economists are coming around to admitting it.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social
GREEDY FOOD COMPANIES made OBSCENE RECORD PROFITS causing INFLATION in GROCERY PRICES:
Cal-Maine PROFITS UP 718%
Kraft-Heinz UP 448%
General Mills UP 97%
Tyson Foods more than DOUBLED PROFITS
The class warfare dichotomy. Those with financial interest in country and those that don’t have a financial interest. It’s called class warfare. It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.
And they've been shattering profit records every quarter since 2021!! 16 quarters. Time to always connect shattering records with inflation aka greedflation.
Corporations should be held accountable but they're very good at avoiding public scrutiny. They have too much money and power. And now many will own our government. It's disgusting.
For as long as I can remember... republican owned businesses always raise their prices under a democrat president and blame the president for inflation.
Ah, Coca-Cola's infamous tap water that committed marketing suicide within 2 days of launch in the UK with a campaign slogan "Can't live without spunk"* that caused the entire nation to laugh even harder than we laughed at the movie, 'The Shag,' {Smirk}* 🤣
I've been referring to it as corporate fascism for a while now. Still trying to get the term to stick. Maybe it needs more octothorpe? #CorporateFascism
Since they own and control the media, it is not surprising that the public would be misdirected to believe it is caused by their political enemies and not themselves.
They advertise in the media that is owned by the people who are making money by getting us waging their culture wars instead of waging a class war against them.
Wait till those tariffs kick in. You think corporations who import are going to absorb the tariff cost and decrease the bottom line? 🤣🤣🤣 Guess who’s going to pay for those tariffs? The cost of eggs won’t even be on anyone’s radar anymore.
Corporate corruption.
Privatisation corruption.
Bankers corruption.
Government corruption.
Media corruption.
Worse, because people are dying now. NHS corruption by management and government.
Money creamed off into the private sector.
Goalposts constantly moving.
Streeting, what do you say?
Yes.
They get zero blame for destroying the environment, accelerating global warming, and disregarding conservation fundamentals for future generations!
We're sending 6.7 billion tax dollars to Amazon & Co.
Fossil fuels receive $20 billion per year in government subsidies.
Tesla got $40 billion in US government subsidies.
Yup and yet people are blaming the wrong people for there being no money to help struggling people. Same in UK. We also send aid to places like India, who have their own sapce priogram and nuke weapons and Argentina, who are a potential enemy! somethine else is going on surely
Right! PG&E in California keeps claiming that they're broke because of the wildfires and need raises. and my bills are higher than they've ever been yet they just posted record profits. Oh and they just got their 5th increase in one year approved.
Make 2025 all about boycotting billionaires and saving money, and spending at local mom and pop shops. Boycott Amazon, Tesla, Starbucks. Delete Twitter.
Does anyone remember when ITT was going to raise an army and take over Chile? It's a fact and Nixon had to stop them. That's big business for you, they think they are above the law, if you don't believe me go ask Musk. I don't own a Tesla, thank you.
Ya isn't weird how the American people don't understand the difference between inflation and corporate Greed ... But maybe not since the Media companies are directly owned by the Billionaires that own the companies.. Is it a lack of education for Americans or the work product of corporate media?
It is also worth noting that Donald Trump has walked back from his campaign promise to fix inflation & grocery prices ...and made a statement that "it's very hard to do anything about it"
The failure of legacy media to the world is mostly to blame for this travesty and they ignorantly think they won’t be affected by the MAGA cult madness! Disgusting, disgraceful, appalling, asinine, malignant mismanagement and betrayal of the public trust and their responsibility to We The People!🤮
Yep, anyone with half a brain realize presidents have very little control over inflation (prices). Corporate greed and the law of supply and demand have the greatest impact on inflation. Can’t believe the MAGA clan believes Trump will actually lower prices.
It’s absolutely amazing how people were hoodwinked so easily. The Christian Nationalists since Reagan’s election 45 years ago that have undermined public education and this is the result
I think major news outlets are conservative owned and God forbid they let out the dirty secret that their owners and big donors are the real cause of inflation ~as their record profits are pocketed as they raise prices for the rest of us
Somehow they have promoted the idea that raising wages causes a wage/price spiral.
A theory that has never been proven, or tested.
As wages rise above the level of inflation, social services are cut and interest rates increased. So we won't know the truth.
Higher wages are good for the economy.
Why? Because politicians at all levels and main stream media are all under the control of corporations! Bought and paid for with obscene profits made off the labor of their serfs! This country has been so corrupted by money and power!
🤔 it's only 'weird' if you think about it. Otherwise, it is functioning exactly as designed by those who profit from it by lying and deflecting to ensure no one thinks about it. 😞
#TrickleDown
#scamenomics
Orange Sphincter used Disney to make a point.
They folded when they should have fought it. Who,
with less resources than Disney, is going to stand up to this fuck?
One is The Des Moines Register.
Traitor Tot is suing them for a bad poll.
MBM
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Legalised speculation.
On life and death.
Vultures.
All the way down.
Record profits, record bonuses, record mergers and acquisitions, and every new tax and expense is passed on the customer, but
↪️Inflation↩️
(The root of Trickle Down is TRICK)
👏👏👏👏👏
That was when a large family could live well on a single paycheck.
What they neglected to mention is that they are major shareholders in the real estate investment fund that owns the properties. It's all a game to them.
Because those own shares in those companies
A lot were not paying attention, though.
A lot need to change that.
We'll just never know.
Now excuse me while my superyacht continues toward nicer weather.
You would be destitute without us!
#CEOLivesMatter
#CEOLivesMatterMost
Real inflation manufactured for talking points 👉
= LOUD lies on a closed loop.
Works every time.
. . . as long as you keep underfunding education.
It is a country built & run for the benefit of corporations, not its citizens.
The GOUGING is grotesque, and this is why Harris’ message centered on holding them accountable …
Plus the Trump 25% tariffs on China made everything from China (which is a lot) 25% more expensive to consumers.
ZERO checkers. Only self checkout. I told an employee to check me out (no fucking way am I doing their work & not getting paid).
She checked me out, but said better get used to all self-serve.
I said I'd go to another store. Get used to that.
GREEDY FOOD COMPANIES made OBSCENE RECORD PROFITS causing INFLATION in GROCERY PRICES:
Cal-Maine PROFITS UP 718%
Kraft-Heinz UP 448%
General Mills UP 97%
Tyson Foods more than DOUBLED PROFITS
https://time.com/6269366/food-company-profits-make-groceries-expensive/
A couple years ago, it was "We're making so much money because we are very smart and executing well"
This past year has been "Volume is way down, but our profit margin is excellent, so it's all good"
Gonna be interesting to see what the narrative is now
...and pay no taxes.
Where do people think those record profits have been coming from?
It’s like there’s a vacuum cleaner nozzle stuck in my purse just sucking out all my cash!!!!
'Shag' is the synonym for 'intercourse,' (noun) and 'copulate,' (verb).😃
#eattherich
Damn eggs…
Privatisation corruption.
Bankers corruption.
Government corruption.
Media corruption.
Worse, because people are dying now. NHS corruption by management and government.
Money creamed off into the private sector.
Goalposts constantly moving.
Streeting, what do you say?
They get zero blame for destroying the environment, accelerating global warming, and disregarding conservation fundamentals for future generations!
#Resist 💙🍀💕
Fossil fuels receive $20 billion per year in government subsidies.
Tesla got $40 billion in US government subsidies.
WHY?
Win-win.
It's like blaming a lottery winner for your loss.
Nope. It's all Biden's fault. Then Harris's.....
Magadumbassians are a special kind of obstinate...
We'll just never know.
Now excuse me while my superyacht continues toward nicer weather.
You would be destitute without us!
#CEOLivesMatter
#CEOLivesMatterMost
A theory that has never been proven, or tested.
As wages rise above the level of inflation, social services are cut and interest rates increased. So we won't know the truth.
Higher wages are good for the economy.
#TrickleDown
#scamenomics
Orange Sphincter used Disney to make a point.
They folded when they should have fought it. Who,
with less resources than Disney, is going to stand up to this fuck?
One is The Des Moines Register.
Traitor Tot is suing them for a bad poll.
MBM
Thing is, they are reluctance to repeat that message, which mean few people hear it, since the ones with the money already have the megaphone.
As they always have.