Greg W. · @GW
1087 followers · 2472 posts · Server newsie.social
We Can Stop #Drug Price #Gouging. Here’s How
We human beings sometimes do some terrible things in pursuit of the almighty dollar. But to our credit, one moral line most humans don’t cross is to gouge sick people on the price of medicines their lives depend on
Unless, of course, you count executives of giant #pharmaceutical corporations as human beings. Gouging patients is their preferred business model
our #Medicare program can now negotiate drug prices on our behalf.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/11/we-can-stop-drug-price-gouging-heres-how/
#drug #gouging #pharmaceutical #medicare
Nando161 · @nando161
907 followers · 39097 posts · Server kolektiva.social
"Invasive species costs global economy $664 billion per year says #UN report."
The #UnitedNothings who serve the trillionaire class of #capitalists & #fascists are now using our #animal ancestors as an #excuse for #inflation, #price #gouging & the #cost of living #crisis. Must be hard up to avoid the #facts of what #corporations do 24/7, fucking #bootlicking swine!
#classwar #ausgov #unitednations #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #eattherich #ecology #econotego #antifascist #anticapitalist #earth #australia #fuckthesystem
#un #unitednothings #capitalists #fascists #animal #Excuse #inflation #price #gouging #cost #crisis #facts #corporations #bootlicking #classwar #AusGov #unitednations #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #EatTheRich #ecology #econotego #antifascist #anticapitalist #earth #australia #fuckthesystem
Heretical_i · @heretical_i
18 followers · 1016 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
It used to be called "#Gouging", and the consumer was referred to as a "#Sucker". AFAIK buyers are NOT informed in advance the vehicle is simply crippled, and offered the gouge under the assumption it's an ADDED feature. That's #fraud folks. #Tesla https://www.thedrive.com/news/teslas-10000-cheaper-model-s-x-software-locked-for-less-range-report
#gouging #sucker #fraud #tesla
Chris Merle · @clmerle
373 followers · 6768 posts · Server mstdn.socialGasoline is up to $4.79/gal in #Tucson. It's more expensive in #Phoenix. I have no clue why. Summer blend? Greed? I paid $4.29 a week ago. Glad I don’t do that much driving.
#FuelPrices #GasPrices #GasPriceHike #FuelPriceHike #OPEC? #Greed #Gouging
#gouging #greed #opec #fuelpricehike #GasPriceHike #gasprices #FuelPrices #phoenix #tucson
Rez · @rez
3 followers · 123 posts · Server mastodon.org.ukEmail yesterday from Nvidia:
"Introducing GeForce RTX 4070, with NVIDIA Ada Lovelace Arch & DLSS 3, Starting at $599. Available starting April 13 from retailers and leading system builders worldwide."
Right now $599 = £479
At the Nvidia official store, today the cheapest is £1645.
Nowhere is selling even close to £1000
Aaron · @hosford42
295 followers · 1478 posts · Server techhub.socialWe need more laws that encourage the establishment of #cooperatives over "traditional" for-profit #corporations.
Cooperatives send any profit back into the #community, reducing #inequality. Corporations gather all that money and pass it off to 3rd parties, increasing inequality and draining communities of their wealth and income.
Cooperates work to serve the community, because they are owned by the community. Corporations are incentivized to #externalize costs for the sake of #shareholders, whether that means #gouging customers, #underpaying workers, or damaging the #environment.
Cooperatives are #robust to economic disruptions, because funds are community-sourced and profit is not the sole motive for their existence. Corporations go out of business or abandon markets when there are economic crises or a #downturn makes business unprofitable.
So many of the problems we face in our economy can be addressed by encouraging the cooperative business model.
#cooperatives #corporations #community #inequality #externalize #Shareholders #gouging #underpaying #Environment #robust #downturn
Wmson · @Sfwmson
345 followers · 3570 posts · Server universeodon.com
Iris Richardson Fine Art · @irisRichardson
1084 followers · 9029 posts · Server mastodon.artI ventured out today to replenish some items. One of the stops was at the local CVS to pick up some Pepcid Ac 50 capsules for my elderly neighbor. They cost $24, is it me, or is that an insane price? #Prices #overcounterdrugs #drugs #drugstores #economy #inflation #costofliving #gouging
#gouging #costofliving #inflation #economy #drugstores #drugs #overcounterdrugs #prices
Rami Al-Kabra · @rami
359 followers · 1335 posts · Server pnw.zoneZero justification for price #gouging and #collusion!
This is an example of legal highway robbery on the most basic of necessities!
#economy
#inflation
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RT @ajplus
Is corporate greed to blame for sky-high egg prices?
— with @yelmjouie
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1629240250978516992
#gouging #collusion #economy #inflation
DaveSchulz · @daveschulz
32 followers · 369 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
@LoblawsON #Loblaw sees strong annual #profit on steady demand for essentials. #Grocery retailers that are seeing growing profits should stop blaming inflationary pricing on suppliers. This is #gouging of consumers https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/loblaw-sees-strong-annual-profit-steady-demand-essentials-2023-02-23/
#loblaw #profit #grocery #gouging
AKNativeNews · @AKNativeNews
93 followers · 372 posts · Server social.vivaldi.net
Warren and Porter Demand Answers From Big Egg Over 'Massive Spike' in Prices
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"American families working to put food on the table deserve to know whether the increased prices they are paying for eggs represent a legitimate response to reduced supply or out-of-control corporate greed."
Eggs. Public Domain...
https://alaska-native-news.com/warren-and-porter-demand-answers-from-big-egg-over-massive-spike-in-prices/66358/
#eggs #price #consumer #prices #gouging #inflation #flu
#eggs #price #consumer #prices #gouging #inflation #flu
Ralph de Rijke · @ralphderijke
19 followers · 94 posts · Server home.socialMore shameless corporate #gouging and obscene #profiteering, now at #Pfizer. This will not stand.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pfizer-revenue-sickening
#gouging #profiteering #pfizer
Tanquist · @tanquist
81 followers · 1393 posts · Server masto.ai@FuzzyWuzzy
Corporations used to shrink products sizes to maintain the same selling price while maximizing profits. Now that #inflation is all the buzz, they get away with #gouging and #shrinkflation. My #local #coop is more #ethical in its pricing.
#inflation #gouging #shrinkflation #local #coop #ethical
prunella · @prunella
238 followers · 478 posts · Server mastodon.worldTell me PG&E isn’t gouging. Our bill is double last year’s as well. https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/10nxu28/pge_all_electric/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
#SanFranciscoBayArea #energy #PGE #gouging #pricegouging #electricity #california
#PGE #sanfranciscobayarea #energy #gouging #pricegouging #electricity #california
Rachel Rawlings · @LinuxAndYarn
122 followers · 696 posts · Server mastodon.social
Among #HarveyMilk's famous practical quotes, somewhere down the list from "You gotta give 'em hope," was "When you're broke, eat #eggs." Not if, when. Because this was no Marie Antoinette thing; he knew that most people are broke at some point in their lives, especially queers.
And if he saw the kind of price #gouging egg distributors are engaging in, he'd be leading a mob to their offices.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/high-egg-prices-investigated-u-161846316.html
Sean Boyer · @sb
96 followers · 736 posts · Server fed.sbcloud.ccMy 1st #prayer: that our #governments are secretly conspiring with the #healthCare industry to say 'the #party's over... Give back the toys and let's get this fixed, forever'.
They agree to stave off prosecution for #crimesAgainstHumanity (#opioids, #gouging, etc), in exchange for 100% of their resources, holdings & profits to go to free medicine for all, for all time.
No #human will again pay, every human will have #equalAcess.
Let it be our #civilization that does that, not the next one.
#prayer #governments #healthcare #party #crimesagainsthumanity #opioids #gouging #human #equalacess #civilization
NefX · @nefx
1 followers · 11 posts · Server universeodon.com
Here are some facts about the CA gas price gouging penalty, courtesy of the Governors social media account #California #gasprices #gouging #oil
#California #gasprices #gouging #oil
Don Hawkins - W7DAH · @donhawkins
67 followers · 457 posts · Server mastodon.socialhttps://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRVHjQq9/
#Economics #Politics #TaxLoopholes #Corporatocracy #Lobbyists #Gouging #SupremeCourt #CitzensUnited #BigBusiness #Labor #Unions #Environment #Organizing #AntiTrustLaws #FreeSpeech #Lobbying #Profits #CampaignFinanceReform #Consumers #Mobilize #Congress
#economics #politics #taxloopholes #corporatocracy #lobbyists #gouging #supremecourt #citzensunited #bigbusiness #labor #unions #environment #organizing #antitrustlaws #freespeech #lobbying #profits #CampaignFinanceReform #consumers #mobilize #congress
Jae Moore (they/them/theirs) · @jaemoore84
54 followers · 208 posts · Server mastodon.lol
Due by Dec. 25. Xmas. Yeah, sure. I'll get right on that. Thanks for the not at all triggering text, notification and email, #HenryFordHealth! ❤️ This is almost as amazing as #MDHHS rejecting my request for medical bill support on Thanksgiving.
#OnlyInAmerica #AmericanHealthCare #Gouging #YouCanPutAPriceOnGoodHealth
#henryfordhealth #mdhhs #onlyInAmerica #americanhealthcare #gouging #youcanputapriceongoodhealth