• Fox@pawb.social
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      9 months ago

      I’m not sure why you’d advocate for it if you’ve actually read the history, it’s a terrible idea that has failed spectacularly in the past

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          9 months ago

          Talking about price controls which are not the same thing at all. Read about the Nixon shock, for example.

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            9 months ago

            Yeah, the relief doesn’t go to agribusiness and might stand a chance of benefiting individual humans, so both parties agree it’s always bad and they’ll never do it.

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              9 months ago

              Sure, instead it’s true based on a simple observation that the president isn’t using executive power to set an upper limit (price control) on the cost of groceries. A subsidy might reduce the starting price of something but a grocery store can still charge whatever they want for it. Which I’m pretty sure is the whole point of this thread?

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        9 months ago

        I know about a ton of food subsidies that we’re pretty useful, dunno about groceries though.

        Any source?