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Regressive consumer tax due to going to war with a country for no real reason

• ortusdux 4mo ago
  Shipping container rates were starting to stabilize, but the issues with the Straight have caused a 80%+ increase in the last few months. https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-expertise/world-container-index-assessed-by-drewry https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-...
  • Terr_ 4mo ago
    > Shipping container rates With respect to those numbers, I remember this recent accusation of price-fixing across 2019-2021 [0] that might have an effect, although I also have reservations about how much to trust anything coming out of the rotting US Department of PresidentsPersonalLawyers these days. [0] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-worlds-largest-container-manufacturing-companies-and-seven-their-executives-indicted https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-worlds-largest-container...
• alexashka 4mo ago
  'No real reason' is the 2026 version of 'they hate our freedom'.