Price controls on grocery stores? Seriously?

[Winehole23]

is ducks neurodivergent, or is he doing impressionistic verse?

moron, or artist? not always easy to tell.

[Winehole23]

People need to stop overreacting ...The entire food supply chain starts imploding.

13. Communism, mass starvation, and the end of America quickly ensue.

[Spurs Homer]

How does that even work?

Trump brutally raped a 13 yr old alongside Epstein - and beat her and threatened her family and the court case docs were posted here for all to read.
Trump attempted a coup and committed treason at helsinki alongside putin. It is on youtube.
Trump was convicted of 34 felonies for fraud and now wants you to vote for him so he can steal from the US Treasury.

Cosmic Kuntboy: Yawn. He has my vote!

Kamala introduced a plan which will never happen to try and help citizens from getting price gouged.
Cosmic Kuntboy: clutches pearlz and starts a thread to call it out!

Whats wrong with ^ this picture?

[Blake]

People need to stop overreacting about Kamala’s plan to reduce food inflation, as if it would lead to communism, mass starvation, and the end of America.

I worked in M&A in the food industry. Here’s a step-by-step summary of what would actually happen:

1. The government announces that grocery retailers aren’t allowed to raise prices.

2. Grocery stores, which operate on 1-2% net margins, can’t survive if their suppliers raise prices. So the government announces that food producers (Kraft Heinz, ConAgra, Tyson, Hormel, et. al.) also aren’t allowed to raise prices.

3. Not all grocery stores are created equal. Stores in lower-income areas make less money than those in higher-income areas, as the former disproportionately sell lower-margin prepackaged foods (“center of the store”) instead of higher-margin fresh products like meat (“perimeter of the store”). Because stores in lower-income areas aren’t able to cover overhead (remember, even if their wholesale costs are fixed, their labor, utilities, insurance, and other operating expenses aren’t fixed… yet), grocery chains start to shut them down. Food deserts in rural areas and in low-income urban areas alike become worse.

4. Meanwhile, margins for food producers are also quickly eroding. Their primary costs (ingredients, energy, and labor) aren’t fixed, and their shrinking gross profits leave less cash flow available to cover overhead, maintain facilities, and reinvest in additional production capacity.

5. Grocery chains, which have finite shelf space, start to repurpose their stores (those they didn’t have to shut down, I should say) to sell more non-price-controlled items—everything from nutrition supplements to kitchenware to apparel—and less price-controlled food products. Your local Kroger or Safeway starts to look and feel more like a Walmart.

6. Food producers stop making products with lower margins. Grocery chain start competing with each other to secure inventory. Since they can’t compete by offering stronger prices (remember, producers aren’t allowed to raise prices here, and, even if they could, grocery chains no longer have the gross profit to bear price increases), they compete on things like payment terms.

7. Small grocery chains start to shut down entirely, or get sold to larger chains like Kroger. In addition to not being able to cover fixed costs, a major reason for this is because they can no longer reliably secure delivery of products, due to producers prioritizing sales to larger customers, which are able to leverage their stronger balance sheets to offer superior payment terms.

8. Smaller food producers—which typically sell via distributors, rather than directly to grocery chains—start to go out of business. Because these producers have an additional step their value chains, and because they have lower volumes over which to spread their fixed costs, their cost structure is inherently disadvantaged compared to major food producers. When grocery stores aren’t able to raise prices, cutting product costs becomes all the more important, and deprioritizing purchases from smaller producers is an easy way to do so.

9. As supply chains break down, lines start to form outside grocery stores every morning. Cities assign police officers to patrol store parking lots, and food producers draft contingency plans to assign armed escorts to delivery trucks.

10. The federal government announces a program to issue block grants for states to purchase and operate shuttered grocery stores. The USDA also seizes closed-down production facilities.

11. The government announces that prices for all key food costs—corn, wheat, cattle, energy, etc.—are also now fixed, to stop “profiteers” from gouging the now-government-operated food industry.

12. Shockingly, the government struggles to operate one of the most complex industries on the planet. The entire food supply chain starts imploding.

13. Communism, mass starvation, and the end of America quickly ensue.

Why do you never link your quotes? Do you not know how?

[baseline bum]

power of the FTC is key here

https://x.com/owenslindsay1/status/1824067431997817318

Worthless middlemen getting filthy rich while the ranchers get it with no vaseline just like buyers do at the supermarket. It's the American way. Like Tony Montana said:

[Ef-man]

Worthless middlemen getting filthy rich while the ranchers get it with no vaseline just like buyers do at the supermarket. It's the American way. Like Tony Montana said:

John Oliver did a story on poultry business and contract growers taking debt. Yes, little guy gets screwed.

https://www.farmaid.org/blog/john-ol...y-growers-say/

[CosmicCowboy]

Trump brutally raped a 13 yr old alongside Epstein - and beat her and threatened her family and the court case docs were posted here for all to read.
Trump attempted a coup and committed treason at helsinki alongside putin. It is on youtube.
Trump was convicted of 34 felonies for fraud and now wants you to vote for him so he can steal from the US Treasury.

Cosmic Kuntboy: Yawn. He has my vote!

Kamala introduced a plan which will never happen to try and help citizens from getting price gouged.
Cosmic Kuntboy: clutches pearlz and starts a thread to call it out!

Whats wrong with ^ this picture?

You sure are a stupid . I asked a simple question. How do price controls work on something as complicated as our food supply system. As an example we have grown accustomed to having access to quality and variety of produce year round. Those produce items aren't available locally year round. Something you might buy at the local farmers market at some point in the year might come from New Zealand at another time of the year. You can't possibly mandate a "fair" price.

[ducks]

‘Shark Tank’ investor slams Harris’ proposed economic policy as ‘really bad idea’

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/17/polit...plan-nr-digvid

He says he does not care who the president is just policy as a investor he wants to make money

[Spurs Homer]

You sure are a stupid . I asked a simple question. How do price controls work on something as complicated as our food supply system. As an example we have grown accustomed to having access to quality and variety of produce year round. Those produce items aren't available locally year round. Something you might buy at the local farmers market at some point in the year might come from New Zealand at another time of the year. You can't possibly mandate a "fair" price.

A convicted felon , rapist, traitor is trying to get into office…

There is nothing else to consider. This bull concern over a policy that will never see the light of day- says all anyone has to know about “citizens” like you.

[ducks]

A convicted felon , rapist, traitor is trying to get into office…

There is nothing else to consider. This bull concern over a policy that will never see the light of day- says all anyone has to know about “citizens” like you.

He will appear get off
He did not destroy the country when he was in office last time
According to you he did commit anything new since he left office
Your hatred is blinding you
There is nothing on the books that says he can not be president
You do not have to vote for him or Harris
Many in USA do not
They just your right to vote though
Answer how the question

[ducks]

A convicted felon , rapist, traitor is trying to get into office…

There is nothing else to consider. This bull concern over a policy that will never see the light of day- says all anyone has to know about “citizens” like you.

Lots to consider do you actually think she help the country and make it safer for your kids grandkids

[CosmicCowboy]

A convicted felon , rapist, traitor is trying to get into office…

There is nothing else to consider. This bull concern over a policy that will never see the light of day- says all anyone has to know about “citizens” like you.

Stupid response as usual. If you paid attention you would know I'm no Trump fan but her stupid policy pandering is just stupid for stupid voters like you.

[ChumpDumper]

Lots to consider do you actually think she help the country and make it safer for your kids grandkids

Oh yes, much moreso than Trump.

Dude's a convicted felon, you know?

[Spurs Homer]

Stupid response as usual. If you paid attention you would know I'm no Trump fan but her stupid policy pandering is just stupid for stupid voters like you.

you are a dishonest piece of traitor to the country that gave you everything

if you were a half-decent human- you would be actively trying to stop this madman from gaining power again instead of being a complete complicit kunt looking for escuses to support him and looking for the tiniest reason to discredit the only other option this country has

ducks is legit mentally re ed and brainwashed beyond repair

but kunts like you who have benefited handsomely from being born on third base and STILL are unfaithful to this democracy sicken me

You embarrass all americans who are honest enough to call out the con man convicted felon rapist and call out complicit treasonous kunts like you that know better

[CosmicCowboy]

The pandering in this election is ing comical. Trump says tips won't be taxable months ago. Suddenly Kamala says tips won't be taxable in her plan. Vance last week calls for a $5000 tax credit for babies first year. This week Kamala ups the ante to $6000. Trump says he wants to make SS income tax free. Will Kamala up that at the convention next week?

[Spurs Homer]

Lots to consider do you actually think she help the country and make it safer for your kids grandkids

she has been convicted of zero crimes

trump has been convicted of 34 felonies and 54 more felonies are pending and he is absolutely guilty on almost all of them because he committed them before our eyes

nothing else should matter if you care about this country

you dont

you place a con man rapist bag traitor fraudster - OVER your patriotic duty

you are a piece of

[ChumpDumper]

So any word on what these price controls are actually supposed to be or is it just the latest boogeyman?

[CosmicCowboy]

you are a dishonest piece of traitor to the country that gave you everything

if you were a half-decent human- you would be actively trying to stop this madman from gaining power again instead of being a complete complicit kunt looking for escuses to support him and looking for the tiniest reason to discredit the only other option this country has

ducks is legit mentally re ed and brainwashed beyond repair

but kunts like you who have benefited handsomely from being born on third base and STILL are unfaithful to this democracy sicken me

You embarrass all americans who are honest enough to call out the con man convicted felon rapist and call out complicit treasonous kunts like you that know better

Are you just too ing stupid to actually have a conversation about politics? Your fantasy personal attacks are just your usual vacuous bull .

[Spurs Homer]

The pandering in this election is ing comical. Trump says tips won't be taxable months ago. Suddenly Kamala says tips won't be taxable in her plan. Vance last week calls for a $5000 tax credit for babies first year. This week Kamala ups the ante to $6000. Trump says he wants to make SS income tax free. Will Kamala up that at the convention next week?

hey

more defending of the con man convicted felon fraudster who defrauded the state of hundreds of millions

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't know. Ask her.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't know. Ask her.

it's your thread, dude.

I can only conclude this is made up.

[CosmicCowboy]

it's your thread, dude.

I can only conclude this is made up.

LOL her words dude. Why post in a political forum if you don't follow politics?

[ChumpDumper]

LOL her words dude. Why post in a political forum if you don't follow politics?

Quote the actual words that scared you.

Let's see what she said about grocery price controls in your grocery price control thread.

I'm looking forward to it.

[Spurs Homer]

Are you just too ing stupid to actually have a conversation about politics? Your fantasy personal attacks are just your usual vacuous bull .

you in asshole dishonest kunt

this is not about “politics”

this is about a con man you support that would end our democracy and project 2025 is his ing business plan

because he doesnt give a if you KNOW he is about to commit crimes- he actually is gaslighting you by allowing his business plan to dictatorship to be published as he is on the verge of his second coup attempt

because he knows full well that assholes like you are just chomping at the bit to betray your homeland


you just open wide and beg him to feed you more to swallow

politics is two candidates who put the country first and honor elections - win or lose

your cult savior honors nothing, abides by nothing, agrees to nothing except taking power and he even showed you his plan -again-
because he knows full well your treasonous heart will choose him over your own well being and the countrys well being

[Winehole23]

SpursHomer calls everyone a traitor. I had my turn for that too. I think I said something neutral about Trump one time, that sent me straight to the traitor queue.