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Inflation is cooling, yet many Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I mean the rate of inflation is cooling, however the prices of basic goods are still high.

If you need a stargate, there is one outside of Ashland, Ohio off of I-71. in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

Good, now get me off this planet.

Economy of the Common good could be Solarpunk adjacent in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not how economics work.

Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Have a New Target: Geoengineering | Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Agreed geoengineering is bad science/engineering IMO. You can't know what the long term effects would be until after its been deployed. The safest bet would be to just ditch fossil fuels but that's not as sexy.

Dollar General warns poorer US consumers are running out of money in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

An economic system that is predicated on perpetual growth and resource extraction will eventually collapse as there is no more growth or resources to extract. Everyone is tapped out and there is nothing more you can squeeze. So it's not surprising that the people on the lower end of the economic pole are taking what they need to survive, if the economy can't provide for your basic needs then fuck the economy.

California could ban additives found in Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Twinkies, Takis, Doritos from school meals in c/california

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean yeah shit's toxic. How it's allowed in the regular food supply is beyond me.

Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Who said Gov is an inefficiency engine? That sounds more like neo-liberal dogma then actual peer reviewed work.

Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Then perhaps reforming the commons? Agricultural land & surplus are owned in common by the people who live in the area. Government pays for the production of those food stuffs and only gets a nominal % tax on the surplus.

california in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

The land barons of CA are no joke. They are a problem that we are going to have to deal with one way or another.

Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I agree the money is going to come from the monetary supply and government acting as buyer and distributor of goods would be incredibly problematic. A subsidy of some kind for domestic production + placing a max profit markup IMO would be a more effective method.

Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles? in c/[email protected]

As the American Dream dies, Americans struggle with their billionaires in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There is not much anyone can do TBH. Too much of the social/political/monetary systems we currently live in have exponential growth baked into their values. It's incredibly hard to turn that around. Now there is work being done on building a different economic system but its anyone's guess if the current system will bend itself into that direction or it just breaks and the new system fills the void. But either way capitalism is dying and there is no hope of saving it.