Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up168
arrow-up168message-squareIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoUhm. They control the price of things. They control wages. They control different markets, like the housing market. They control land development and energy. You know, things the economy relies on.
minus-squarecrashfrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHow do they “control the price of things”? Or wages?
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months ago… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThey raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
Uhm. They control the price of things. They control wages. They control different markets, like the housing market. They control land development and energy. You know, things the economy relies on.
How do they “control the price of things”? Or wages?
… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”
They raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?