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Realistically, this rot runs so deep I'm not sure how you can stop it. The US economy is built upon a bunch of these hidden taxes. Healthcare, the way insurance
by fzeroracer 3y ago
Realistically, this rot runs so deep I'm not sure how you can stop it. The US economy is built upon a bunch of these hidden taxes. Healthcare, the way insurance works and hundreds of middle-men between. Google baking in advertising search terms into things you search for. Amazon subsidizing delivery by baking it in as a hidden cost which causes in-store goods to rise in prices to match. Large real estate firms like Greystar using algorithmic models to raise prices uniformly across the US rather than based on local availability.
It's a good step, but our economy is dominated by rentseeking behaviors from large corporations buying their way into monopoly and then warping the rest of the market. And unfortunately I feel like this case will end like many others, with a handshake and a promise to 'properly show consumers how much our stuff on Amazon costs'.