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Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoBillionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxTheRich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EatTheRich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WageSlaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WageSlaves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LaborMakesEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborMakesEverything</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LivingWage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StolenWages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StolenWages</a> I posted this five years ago in 2020.

OccuWorld"NOT ENOUGH AMERICAN ENGINEERS" <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Narratives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narratives</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Engineers</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/impoverishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impoverishment</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a>

AbsintheNow match those companies, to those who are NOW complaining about how high prices will be due to <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>, realize that much of their prices will be padded by increased <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> /6<a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/EthicalShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicalShopping</a> <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/Boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boycott</a> <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gop</a>

OccuWorldWhat CVS Doesn't Want You to Know<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2bVQp3-DdM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2bVQp3-DdM</a>CVS is the second biggest health care company on Earth, but many of its pharmacy workers are on public assistance. CVS made $8 billion last year and owns Aetna, yet it doesn't provide workers with affordable health care. So workers are going in sick — to a pharmacy.<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CVS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CVS</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greed</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workers</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pharmacy</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Aetna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aetna</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/TaxpayerSubsidized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxpayerSubsidized</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Understaffing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Understaffing</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Safety</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kroger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kroger</a> Exec Admits to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> Above <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inflation</a>A top company leader at Kroger has admitted during an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> trial the company gouged prices on select items above inflation levels.While testifying to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTC</a> attorney Tues, Kroger's Snr Dir for Pricing Andy Groff said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grocery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grocery</a> giant had raised <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prices</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eggs</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/milk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milk</a> beyond inflation levels.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/kroger-executive-admits-company-gouged-prices-above-inflation-1945742" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/kroger-executive-admits-company-gouged-prices-above-inflation-1945742</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DamienMarieAtHope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DamienMarieAtHope</a> THIS! 💯 ! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeTradeZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeTradeZones</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExportProcessingZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExportProcessingZones</a> are places where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborLaws</a> don't exist, and are used by big corporations to increase profits!"In some situations, employees work excessive hours in unsafe conditions such as extreme heat, around faulty machinery, and in buildings that are not routinely inspected and maintained. "Although foreign investors, enterprises, and firms often earn a sizable amount and the global economy benefits, workers’ wages are typically low, often below that of the required country minimum wage. Most employees have to accept the previously mentioned working conditions as trade unions, and labor movements are not allowed. "Due to the competitive nature of EPZs, workers often cannot expect any improvement in conditions as operating costs are purposely kept low to attract investors. Because of the development and infrastructure EPZs bring, countries and governments often won’t step in either."<a href="https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/export-processing-zones/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/export-processing-zones/</a>"Also called foreign trade zones or export processing zones (EPZs), FTZs are “special commercial and industrial area…where foreign and domestic merchandise may be brought in without being subject to payment of customs duties.”[ii] Social protection for labor is ensured by both national and international legislation in Latin America; nonetheless, economic globalization inhibits worker rights across the region, particularly for vulnerable populations such as women, who are employed in FTZs.[iii] The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that there are approximately 500 FTZs in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, employing over 6 million workers. Women constitute 70 percent, and in some cases 90 percent, of workers in FTZs, and often perform labor-intensive tasks in sub-standard work conditions.[iv] While economic globalization and free trade enterprises themselves are not to blame for such abuses, there is an urgent need for governments, multi-national corporations, and international institutions to guarantee to hold one another accountable for the gross violations of worker rights occurring."<a href="https://coha.org/worker-rights-and-wrongs-fair-trade-zones-and-labor-in-the-americas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coha.org/worker-rights-and-wrongs-fair-trade-zones-and-labor-in-the-americas/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

Oreo Speedwagon II 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/184841/medical-workers-burned-out-health-care-industry-greed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/article/184841/medical-workers-burned-out-health-care-industry-greed</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insurance</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nursing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nursing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nurses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nurses</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doctors</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HealthcareWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthcareWorkers</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greed</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workplace</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Burnout</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harris</a>’s plan will include “the first-ever federal ban on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/groceries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groceries</a> — setting clear rules of the road to make clear that big <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> can’t unfairly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumers</a> to run up excessive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a>….”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

smeg‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles | US income inequality | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/workers-income-labor-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/workers-income-labor-</a><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/EconomicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicInequality</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/inequalitycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequalitycrisis</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/corporateprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporateprofits</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"These wildly rich people also fully grasp Trump has vowed to pardon his MAGA terrorists, has literally channeled Hitler with his language about immigrants 'poisoning the blood' of America, intentionally incited violence, spoken about being a dictator, repeatedly praised autocrats, vowed to 'liberate' America from Trump’s political opponents and more that are all flashing red warning signs for our democracy."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxCuts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:Dean Obeidallah opens his commentary about Trump's gala to fleece super-rich Republicans in Palm Beach last weekend by reminding us of a meeting Hitler held with super-rich German business leaders in 1933. He promised them if they'd give money to the Nazi party, he'd end democracy to benefit them. And give they did, lavishly so.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxCuts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> /1<a href="https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-wealthy-donors-will-gladly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-wealthy-donors-will-gladly</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Why are we talking about whether paying fast food workers a better wage will drive up the cost of a Big Mac instead of asking how much McDonald's CEO's $17.8M salary is driving up the cost?"~ Robert Reich<a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GeneralMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralMills</a> /5<a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich/112203165455718979" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://masto.ai/@rbreich/112203165455718979</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"McDonald's CEO is paid $8,543.27 an hour. Burger King's CEO is paid $56,250 an hour.Domino’s CEO is paid $4,875 an hour.Just throwing that out there. These companies can pay $20/hr without raising prices."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDonald</a>'s <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BurgerKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BurgerKing</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Dominos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dominos</a> /4<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/1bset0k/if_you_think_20_an_hour_is_too_much_pay_for_a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/1bset0k/if_you_think_20_an_hour_is_too_much_pay_for_a/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"General Mills just paid a $300 million dividend to investors, bought back $150 million in stock to enrich execs and investors and pays its CEO $16 million. It makes 2.1 billion a year in profit.It is raising prices on cereals 20% and blaming 'inflation.'"~ Joy-Ann Reid<a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GeneralMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralMills</a> /3<a href="https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/p/C4ZUX13t_lz/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/joyannreid/p/C4ZUX13t_lz/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:“Kroger's profit was up 35.6% from '22 to '23. Publix was up 49% from '22 to '23. That's why Food prices are so high!”<a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kroger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kroger</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Publix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publix</a> /2<a href="https://www.threads.net/@gmatb1/post/C5dxQn5rH-j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.threads.net/@gmatb1/post/C5dxQn5rH-j</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Inflation is not about the dude at Arby's who got a 50 cent raise 3 months ago or a $1400 check 3 years ago. It's about corporations making record profits by ripping-off Americans so CEOs can spend trillions on stock buybacks & dividends. It's about corporate greed, boss."~ Warren Gunnels, re: Kathy Jones saying, "Corporate profits rose to a new all time high in Q4 of 2023"<a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> /1<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bravenewfilms/p/C5HCG6QJGk_/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bravenewfilms/p/C5HCG6QJGk_/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Supply shocks related to the pandemic created widespread cost increases that consumers accepted. Although those supply shocks have dissipated, many businesses have maintained higher prices anyway.""Economist Christian Weller notes that corporations are using their record profits 'mainly to pay dividends to their shareholders and building up their stockpiles of cash.'"<a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:Key takeaways from Judd Legum's latest on the corporate profit bonanza:"In the last three months of 2023, after-tax corporate profits reached an all-time high of $2.8 trillion.""Theoretically, this should not happen. Corporations should not be able to dramatically increase their profit margins by increasing prices because competitors should step in with lower prices and steal market share."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceGouging</a> /1<a href="https://popular.info/p/corporate-profit-bonanza" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://popular.info/p/corporate-profit-bonanza</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"At the end of 2023, Americans were paying at least 30 percent more for beef, pork, and poultry products than they were in 2020. Why? Near-monopoly power. Just four companies now control processing of 80 percent of beef, nearly 70 percent of pork, and almost 60 percent of poultry. So of course it’s easy for them to coordinate price increases."~ Robert Reich<a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a><a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/record-corporate-profits-coming-from" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://robertreich.substack.com/p/record-corporate-profits-coming-from</a>

Tim 🏳️‍🌈I've just signed this <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AustralianInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustralianInstitute</a> petition to the government to increase the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PRRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PRRT</a>. Currently Australia is raising less from this tax than it does for student loan debt. Meanwhile, <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> companies are making record profits on these one-time Australian assets.<a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CorporateProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateProfits</a> <a href="https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt</a>

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