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Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles? (lemmy.crimedad.work)
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Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn't the government build up reserves and stockpiles?

#economics #HarrisWalz #PriceControls #gouging

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

And reported… to the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

In some seriousness, moves that bold haven't been done since Nixon.

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