• WhirlybirdBanned
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    2 months ago

    Jacking up rates only works when the thing going up is discretionary spending instead of essentials.

    Which it was.

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      2 months ago

      The things going up were food, energy and housing. Those are all inelastic goods.

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        2 months ago

        Definitely not the only things that were going up.