▲ 1001 ▼ Reaganomics (lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AzPsycho@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Republicans I know: "Gas is too high and it's Bidens fault!" Me: "Actually, 203 Republicans voted against a bill to stop predatory gas prices and 0 voted to support it." Republicans I know: "Cause it's too expensive to enforce. We all know it's another govt law to hold over us." Fucking idiots. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not saying this bill was a price cap, but, price caps and other forms of price control don't exactly have a good record of working instead of creating scarcity, hoarding, and aftermarket sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They sometimes do those things except hoarding. It is 100% capitalism thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Grain hoarding happened in the USSR. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LiquidAurum@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh yeah price cap. I'm sure that would've solved all our problems permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago It wasn't a price cap. It was about gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago It does in Europe permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aidan@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not saying this bill was a price cap, but, price caps and other forms of price control don't exactly have a good record of working instead of creating scarcity, hoarding, and aftermarket sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They sometimes do those things except hoarding. It is 100% capitalism thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Grain hoarding happened in the USSR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They sometimes do those things except hoarding. It is 100% capitalism thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Grain hoarding happened in the USSR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Grain hoarding happened in the USSR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LiquidAurum@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh yeah price cap. I'm sure that would've solved all our problems permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago It wasn't a price cap. It was about gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago It does in Europe permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago It wasn't a price cap. It was about gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes. permalink fedilink source parent