It's this and I don't know how people here can't see it. You're getting fleeced by corporations as they walk away with all of the money thanks to an illegal tax

It's this and I don't know how people here can't see it. You're getting fleeced by corporations as they walk away with all of the money thanks to an illegal tax by the US government on most consumer goods. Companies get to benefit from higher prices being standardized (once a price baseline go up, they rarely go back down) and they get another check from Uncle Sam.