Big business and junk fees prove easy targets for the White House in the inflation blame game.
  • wreel@lemmy.world
    201·
    1 year ago

    The price gouging is mainly coming from consumer facing markets, not government contracts. Even with discretionary spending there isn’t that much that pure executive branch actions can do to dissuade the price gouging that we’ve been seeing.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
        98·
        1 year ago

        Yup.

        If the President threatened to void federal contracts, you’d see immediate change.

        But the president doesn’t work for us.

        • Serinus@lemmy.world
          82·
          1 year ago

          void federal contracts

          I’m sure Walmart and Chipotle are shaking in their boots. I guess a president DID get McDonald’s delivered to the White House once.

            • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Not sure what Jens Stoltenberg is gonna do about the price of bread in the USA, or are you confused with “leader of the USA” and “everyone else”?