Re: Three Body Problem

On 8/22/2024 12:07 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
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If you, as a company, take advantage of a temporary situation to raise
your profit margin on say, a bottle of water from 100% to 1000% due
to being in a hurricane zone, that's gouging.
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Again, we're in the dark about what Harris is actually proposing.
I'm very skeptical over price controls, but we need to find out what she
is actually thinking.
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We will know when the grocery store shelves start going empty.
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You failed to notice that happening under Trump obviously.

 I never noticed a problem with grocery (or retail in general) store
stocking until February 2020. Some stores haven't yet completely
recovered.

All of the stores in my area are full of stuff.  But the stores that were getting 3 or 4 eighteen wheelers a day to restock with at night are now getting 8 or 9 eighteen wheelers a day.  My buddy who is in charge of stocking our HEB has double the people to restock the store with now.   They even rebuilt the stocking area to have more cages for delayed stocking so they can restock during the day now.  They never did that before 2021 other than the third party vendors.
People are stacking canned goods and water like crazy so the stores are having to restock like crazy.  People know tough times are coming.  I advise you to do the same.
If things turn out ok then you can donate the canned goods to your local food bank.  They always have customers, even in the good times.  But I would not be in a hurry.
These are the good old days.  We will call the coming days "The Greater Depression".
Lynn