Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices?

nbafantest@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

One thing I’ve noticed is that people I know have 2 problems.

  1. they might not know what things should cost. If the prices rises, I notices it right away. I shop at the same grocer and know the standard price of everything I buy. I notice a price increase when I pull it off the shelf.

Most my friends don’t notice a price increase until they check out.

  1. My friends that do notice a price increase never substitute or change their meals. They will still buy the same meals. Even if the stuff they need go on sale every other week.

I’ve found that usually most my stuff I can still buy on sale at least 1 or 2 times per month.

These two problems mean that our generation doesn’t really put much pressure on stores to keep prices low.

Rent: Housing costs in America are entire caused by a supply shortage due to limitations on supply. We can literally build as much housing as we want and set the market rate at anything, but since the 60s America hasn’t built much and the little we have built has been expensive single family homes. This is a choice voters have made for 60 years, but voters can also make other choices.

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