Comment on As the Canada "tax holiday" starts, Walmart increased the price of an item by the amount I would have saved

kurushimi@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck this is gold.

  Well, unless people realise the actual worth of gold… But until then.

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  • darkpanda@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How would trickle down work with gold? I’m picturing some kind of golden shower?

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      sigh

      unzips

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• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s not really relevant. A break in sales tax that just targets consumer necessities should be a progressive tax.

  The problem is that a lack of competition in this country means that grocers can raise their prices with no fear of losing customers

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t matter how much competition there is of they’re all going to do it anyway.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It does. Competition is literally the only mechanism that drives greedy actors to lower prices or improve their service. Without competition they hoarde.

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      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        literally the only mechanism

        You forgot about laws.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This has nothing to do with supply-side versus demand-side economics.

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