Of course that's what happened. Once companies saw they could make money hand over fist charging higher prices why on earth would they ever lower them back down

Of course that's what happened. Once companies saw they could make money hand over fist charging higher prices why on earth would they ever lower them back down once the supply issues were gone? Instead they just made record profits while they shifted the blame from "It's not our fault! There are shortages!" to "It's not our fault! It's inflation!" Meanwhile they've suckered a bunch of folks into blaming inflation on the pathetic amount of government aid we gave people during the pandemic so that they didn't immediately lose their homes or starve to death while nobody could work. Now consumers are facing record amounts of debit, and evictions and utility disconnections for non-pay are rising and people still think the problem is that Americans just have too much free money.