clearly, the narrative is “record profits mean gouging!” but this is a ridiculously facile and illiterate claim.
it’s pure playing to the peanut gallery.
inflation drives the nominal value of everything, including profits, higher. if a company once had $100 in revenue and $5 in profits and these numbers grew to $150 and $7 in profits, sure, that’s “record profits” but if inflation was 50% in that period, it was a drop in profits in real terms. it was also a drop in margins. what was a 5% profit margin is now 4.7%. that’s the opposite of gouging, that’s margin contraction and lower real profits. and that is what we are seeing across the US right now. businesses are not gouging, they are taking it in the chin to protect the consumer.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/price-gouging-is-a-nonsense-narrative
COMMENT:
"Getting rewarded for compliance with the corporate narrative, getting rewarded for playing the big pharma game and complying with the rigid ideology of the medical corporatists. This is the heart of the problem as it pertains to poor treatments and even poorer outcomes. There's too much money/lucre/$$$$ being used to corrupt the system into complying with the big money formula. The answer must necessarily lie with educating the public about alternative approaches to all aspects of human health; including how to treat cancer. This is what trailblazers like Dr. Makis are doing. Podcasts such as this one are getting the word out there. It's up to people to give their heads a shake and liberate themselves from this obviously corrupt money-making machine.
https://makisw.substack.com/p/interview-man-in-america-with-william
if not invasion, what?
calling things by their names
The matter is made all the more complex by the fact that the man who tackled the shooter was ahmed al-ahmed a sydney resident, father of two, and small business owner (a nearby produce market). ahmed is also a muslim and a first-generation immigrant, apparently from lebanon.
so, it just goes to show you, there are good people everywhere, a fact that once made selected and selective immigration so beneficial to the west.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/if-not-invasion-what#media-2df044d8-e22c-4c12-9d01-216c8a9e8456
Is this confusing enough?
I had to pay $30 US for an I-94 when I was crossing the CBX for a five day Thanksgiving visit to family, contrary to what everybody says so expect to be surprised.
https://waggonerguide.com/canadians-face-stricter-u-s-border-crossings/
