Pavel Chichikov@lemm.eetoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•As the Canada "tax holiday" starts, Walmart increased the price of an item by the amount I would have savedEnglish
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3 days agothat’s the thing that pisses me off: the tax often increases the perception of how much people are willing to spend. even if you remove or decrease the tax, the companies just inflate the price to fatten their margins. Rule #1 of capitalism: the consumer always loses.
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