It is interestingly similar.
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Currently 42% stock, 58% bonds, some cash, etc.
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How Ford is fighting dealership inflation, with a side of Tesla.
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Problem for Ford: if they restrict price markups too much then a third party with cash at hand will buy at prescribed dealer price and flip/resell the unit to a regional market with the most demand at "auction price" value.
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re: see the ticket industry.
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Seems like i never expierience a price hike, I always fill $20 of gas...
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The store shelves in Belarus will soon be empty.
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I was in college during Nixon's wage and price controls. During the summers I worked at the grocery store I had worked at during high school. When the store put items on a weekly sale customers would complain the next week when the price went back up to the usual price.
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This is old news, but it's worth remembering and referencing every time a Republican complains about "Bidenflation" or whatever.
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Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter wrote: Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying.
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Clearly not everything that is going on, but apparently half of it.
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Good definition. Certainly apt.
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It now takes a six-figure salary for a family of 4 to make ends meet in Hawai‘i
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/it-no ... in-hawaii/
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/it-no ... in-hawaii/
The minimum income needed to pay for basic essentials as a family of four in Hawaii has ballooned to $104,052 a year, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonprofit Aloha United Way.
The rapid rise in Hawaii’s cost of living — an 18% jump in the basic survival budget for families and a 26% increase for individuals between 2019 and 2021 — is dramatic, even to researchers who had anticipated seeing an increase.
“I think for all of us it was more significant than we had even imagined,” said Suzanne Skjold, chief operating officer of Aloha United Way.
Workers assist in sorting packaged food at the Hawaii Foodbank warehouse located at 2611 Kilihau Street.
The report released Wednesday is part of an effort to track the needs of people living in poverty but also those who are overlooked by federal poverty statistics but are still living paycheck-to-paycheck — a group referred to by the acronym ALICE: asset limited, income constrained, and employed.
Around 41% of Hawaii residents fall below the ALICE threshold, with 12% living under the federal poverty line — the highest percentage in more than a decade.
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Not sure this is new information. Us po-folks who grew up and live on the mainland always assumed those persons in Hawaii were wealthy to afford that lifestyle. Even Barack left as soon as he could (after sneaking in from Kenya, of course)Lani wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 1:59 am It now takes a six-figure salary for a family of 4 to make ends meet in Hawai‘i
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/it-no ... in-hawaii/
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It's been expensive forever, but this is a big jump. We also still have empty shelves after the pandemic. I was lucky to get a good raise a few months ago, so I can continue to save for retirement - which is coming up soon.
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Thanks, Biden.
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The R base will never believe it.
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https://x.com/rbreich/status/1754218768056668627
Robert Reich @RBReich wrote: New research shows that corporate profits drove 53% of inflation during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2023.
During the 40 years prior to the pandemic, profits drove just 11% of price growth.
News flash: Corporations used inflation as cover to squeeze more money out of you.
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And this is one of the reasons I own stock.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:47 pm https://x.com/rbreich/status/1754218768056668627Robert Reich @RBReich wrote: New research shows that corporate profits drove 53% of inflation during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2023.
During the 40 years prior to the pandemic, profits drove just 11% of price growth.
News flash: Corporations used inflation as cover to squeeze more money out of you.
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It's a real mystery where all this inflation came from.
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Dang - the former guy just missed out on his bestest numbaahhhs evahhh
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Why are Americans still upset about inflation?
A: The *cumulative price change* under Biden is the highest since Jimmy Carter. What we've just experienced is rare in recent history.
You have to go back to HW Bush to see cumulative inflation over 10% in a 1st term.
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