They keep raising prices, stating that it’s due to inflation, but then they keep having record profits.

Meanwhile, the average American can barely afford rent or food nowadays.

What are we to do? Vote? I have been but that doesn’t seem to do much since I’m just voting for a representative that makes the actual decisions.

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      11 months ago

      Because nothing helps with the rising cost of living more than deliberately pissing away any chance of promotion and likely eventually being laid off and jobless.

      You do realize how much privilege one has to have in order to casually jeopardize your income without sweating over it, right?

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        11 months ago

        The problem is people’s finances are being jeopardized by corporate price gouging in the first place.

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      11 months ago

      Better to simply stop reelecting politicians who support corporate bailouts for failing companies.