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Posted: Aug 18, 2024 - 1:50pm

 kurtster wrote:
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The scenario in the "X" post is spot on.  This is our future under Harris's policies.  Starvation. Amongst many other things.  None of them good.
...

Or reasonable.

The comparison of Nixon to what Harris has outlined is wrong.  She's talking about a single industry.  That said...I think she's doing a pretty poor job of explaining the reasons and implementation.  Given that inflation is now under 3.0%, I think the Dems should just talk about the worst being over...not try to say they'll make it go away.  Neither candidate can really do shit to help inflation... they can only help to make it worse.

Concerning price gouging in the food industry, the real culprit is America's lack of controls over monopolistic/oligopolistic actions that have allowed for unreasonable M&A consolidation.  This is squarely on both parties...but the "small government", "trickle-down" economics of the right are bullshit.  Within the food supply, some shocking issues make a policy like what Harris suggested reasonable.

Market Concentration: The top four corporations control more than 60% of the U.S. market for products like pork, coffee, cookies, beer, and bread. In sectors such as beef processing, baby food, pasta, and soda, this concentration exceeds 80%

Retail Dominance: In metropolitan areas, the top four grocery chains control an average of 72% of sales. Walmart alone accounts for 50% or more of all grocery sales in one out of every ten metropolitan areas. Walmart stock is at an all-time high, and their Pre-tax profit for the running 12 months is over $26 Billion (sure...it's a lot more than food...but it's sure as hell not hurting them).  

Profit Margins: Despite rising production costs, the largest publicly traded food companies have reported record profit margins. For instance, net profit margins for major meat companies like Tyson Foods have increased by over 300%

Vertical Integration: The food supply chain has seen increased vertical coordination, with contract production dominating key sectors such as fruit, vegetable, nut, and livestock production. This vertical integration limits competition and enhances market power for large corporations.

Monopoly protections weren't created to protect the consumer, they were primarily to enable production competition.  The Sherman Anti-Trust Act doesn't mention consumers.  The consumer benefits are implied.   Ask any family farmer, and they have no control over pricing.  For cattle ranchers, most only have one place to sell.  That's a huge problem.

While I have doubts about any administration's ability to implement "gouging" controls, there is a serious need to enable competition in the production, wholesale, and retail stops in the food supply chain.  The likelihood of any improvement will go down with another Trump administration versus what Harris has outlined.  

    Red_Dragon

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    Posted: Aug 18, 2024 - 1:41pm

     kcar wrote:

    It's very impressive to see how the GOP has shifted from portraying Harris as incompetent DEI afterthought who slept her way upwards to the raging reincarnation of Stalin.  Too bad they can't see how demented and nutty Trump has become. 



    All the right has is fear. No policies, no solutions, just fear.
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    Posted: Aug 18, 2024 - 12:57pm

    It's very impressive to see how the GOP has shifted from portraying Harris as incompetent DEI afterthought who slept her way upwards to the raging reincarnation of Stalin.  Too bad they can't see how demented and nutty Trump has become. 
    Isabeau

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    Posted: Aug 17, 2024 - 4:55pm

     kurtster wrote:

    I remember Nixon's price freezes.  I had just turned 21 and also started driving a coffee truck, aka mobile industrial catering food truck service.  They messed up everything and shortages did begin to happen.  Fast forward to Venezuela where the once 4th richest country in the world per capita was taken over by "socialists" and the first thing they did was take over the food chain.  Look at Venezuela now for our future under Harris and her price controls.

    The scenario in the "X" post is spot on.  This is our future under Harris's policies.  Starvation. Amongst many other things.  None of them good.

    I remember Y2K and all of the recent Russian emigres were stocking up on toilet paper and the like anticipating a return to bread lines like in the good ole USSR.  In other words panic was induced and the reactions were pretty profound.  We were a lot tougher back then.  Now ?  No one can even think without first consulting their cell phone.


    Jeeeeebus you guys are totally into the Apocalyptic thing. Its downright comical.

    STILL not as bad as a convicted RAPIST and FELON who paid off a porn star, asked a Secretary of State for just 11,780 more votes, suggested injecting bleach, and finally inciting a riot where Capitol Police were beaten, some dying days afterward and feces was smeared on the Capitol Walls.

    Let's just forget Trump told Musk how much he admired Musk's firing people for labor organizing. 

    kurtster

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    Posted: Aug 17, 2024 - 11:27am

     Beaker wrote:
     buddy wrote:
    Price controls have nothing to do with communism.  I kinka think (or hope) you already know that.

    Read this on Kamala's ideas to deal with "food gauging".  "Accurate conclusion (read the whole post)"  — some guy reading the post
     
    I remember Nixon's price freezes.  I had just turned 21 and also started driving a coffee truck, aka mobile industrial catering food truck service.  They messed up everything and shortages did begin to happen.  Fast forward to Venezuela where the once 4th richest country in the world per capita was taken over by "socialists" and the first thing they did was take over the food chain.  Look at Venezuela now for our future under Harris and her price controls.

    The scenario in the "X" post is spot on.  This is our future under Harris's policies.  Starvation. Amongst many other things.  None of them good.

    I remember Y2K and all of the recent Russian emigres were stocking up on toilet paper and the like anticipating a return to bread lines like in the good ole USSR.  In other words panic was induced and the reactions were pretty profound.  We were a lot tougher back then.  Now ?  No one can even think without first consulting their cell phone.
    Beaker

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    Posted: Aug 17, 2024 - 9:43am

     buddy wrote:
    Price controls have nothing to do with communism.  I kinka think (or hope) you already know that.

    Read this on Kamala's ideas to deal with "food gauging". 

    "Accurate conclusion (read the whole post)"  — some guy reading the post







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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 10:30pm

     buddy wrote:

    Nice. Not quite as edgy as some of his work.

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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 9:05pm

    Artist behind iconic Obama ‘Hope’ poster crafts new artwork for Harris
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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 1:38pm

     Beaker wrote:



    Price controls have nothing to do with communism.  I kinka think (or hope) you already know that.
    buddy

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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 1:36pm

     Isabeau wrote:
    "... but her Crowds!"    
     




      
    Isabeau

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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 9:40am

    "... but her Crowds!"     
    mrtuba9

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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 8:45am

    I usually don't get involved in discussions like this (whatever this is), but the Knucklehead's stupid quote of the day for me was "She destroys everything she touches..."

    Oh, if it were only that easy...
    sirdroseph

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    Posted: Aug 16, 2024 - 4:28am


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    Posted: Aug 15, 2024 - 6:10pm

     Beaker wrote:



    Haven't read her proposal but Dick Nixon IMPOSED price controls. Don't recall people labeling him a communist. (Np, it was not a good idea then and likely still isn't). 
    Beaker

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    Posted: Aug 15, 2024 - 4:29pm


    Isabeau

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    Posted: Aug 15, 2024 - 6:28am

     kurtster wrote:

    Kamala brags about how she was the last one in The Situation Room with Joe when the decision was made to bail from Afghanistan.

    Harris owns all of this, then and now more than ever.  Her first foray into foreign and military affairs.


    #1. She isn't President. yet.
    #2. TRUMP is the one that set the policy for this withdrawal.
    #3. 20 years in Afghanistan with roads to nowhere and gas stations that didn't work, has added BILLIONS to our deficit.
    #4. Let's discuss how the REPUBLICAN PARTY in the House and Senate REFUSE to vote for more money for vets.

    #5. STILL not as bad as a convicted RAPIST and FELON. 
    kurtster

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    Posted: Aug 14, 2024 - 8:54pm

    Kamala brags about how she was the last one in The Situation Room with Joe when the decision was made to bail from Afghanistan.

    Harris owns all of this, then and now more than ever.  Her first foray into foreign and military affairs.

    .
    kurtster

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    Posted: Aug 14, 2024 - 8:15pm

     Red_Dragon wrote: 
    How globalist of you to consider what is better for another country first before our own country.
    Red_Dragon

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    Posted: Aug 14, 2024 - 8:04pm

    Japan firms see Harris presidency as better for business than Trump, Reuters survey shows
    Isabeau

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    Posted: Aug 14, 2024 - 5:54pm

    Now, now boys. Just because one of you is willing to play the game while the other is jumping onto the table like a mad baboon, hurling pieces over and taking a dump on the board doesn't mean this can't continue without some civility.



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