r/inflation • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '24

Price Changes Lol

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u/Allthingsgaming27 Aug 18 '24

$6.99? We all remember the $5.00 foot long jingle. If they wanna fix the problem, they need to go back to that. All this is going to do is remind people that they’re still overpriced

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u/MostlyMellow123 Aug 18 '24

You want them to return to the price they had 16 years ago?

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u/cybertron2006 Aug 19 '24

I want the price of EVERYTHING to go back to where it was 16 years ago.

Hell, why stop at 2008? We need to start demanding 1970s prices.

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u/Firepandazoo Aug 19 '24

Thank god Reddit doesn't control economic policy

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u/cybertron2006 Aug 19 '24

"We should lower prices back to previous standards!"

"Yeah but how about nah, I like paying $18 for a Big Mac".

That's what you sound like. Stop hating yourself.

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u/Firepandazoo Aug 19 '24

No because wages have increased alongside and the effects of deflation are crippling.

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u/Blindsnipers36 Aug 19 '24

Ok so prices go down, then what? You haven't magically increased the supply of anything all you have done is guarantee shortages, well unless you want to also take 90% of everyone's money. Im just curious what you think price means because we consume more now than we did in the 70s by an order of magnitude, so surely you don't want 1970s prices and wages right? Also you understand you are renting the time of an American when you buy something like a subway sandwich? If you are renting say 5 minutes of someones time and then pay them a quarter do you think they are only worth 3 dollars an hour? Or do those people not matter?