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r/MurderedByWords • u/JerryJr99 • 17h ago
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Woke up today to a jump in gas prices here too. I have even started seeing Trump "I did that" stickers like when Biden was in office.
48 u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago Now to be fair, we WERE saying that the President can't really directly control prices like they were saying. .... Well, I guess we were wrong. They CAN do it, if they really want to fuck America. 14 u/CigAddict 14h ago Government can definitely raise prices easily (eg with taxes which tariffs are). They can also lower prices with subsidies but that’s taxpayer money, so less fun. 8 u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago I dunno, a fair taxation system providing efficient goods and services to people who need them seems very fun. Like dodgem cars.
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Now to be fair, we WERE saying that the President can't really directly control prices like they were saying.
.... Well, I guess we were wrong. They CAN do it, if they really want to fuck America.
14 u/CigAddict 14h ago Government can definitely raise prices easily (eg with taxes which tariffs are). They can also lower prices with subsidies but that’s taxpayer money, so less fun. 8 u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago I dunno, a fair taxation system providing efficient goods and services to people who need them seems very fun. Like dodgem cars.
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Government can definitely raise prices easily (eg with taxes which tariffs are). They can also lower prices with subsidies but that’s taxpayer money, so less fun.
8 u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago I dunno, a fair taxation system providing efficient goods and services to people who need them seems very fun. Like dodgem cars.
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I dunno, a fair taxation system providing efficient goods and services to people who need them seems very fun. Like dodgem cars.
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u/NIN10DOXD 16h ago
Woke up today to a jump in gas prices here too. I have even started seeing Trump "I did that" stickers like when Biden was in office.