• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Prices are already getting higher, and we don’t have other solutions.

      In Australia, minimum wage is quite high and so are the costs of many goods, but things like Amazon and flight tickets are much cheaper comparatively

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        2 months ago

        That doesn’t answer my question. Prices might be high, but when you just give people more money, they will grow higher. Why wouldn’t they?

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          2 months ago

          That’s just greed. They’re doing that already. Prices right now are crazy high, BUT guess what else is? PROFITS. Record profits everywhere. That shit should be illegal.

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            2 months ago

            Are the record profits still record after being adjusted for inflation?

            Money is worth less now than it was this time last year.

            Let’s say a profit of $1000 last year is equivalent to a profit of $1200 this year.

            Have you made $200 more this year? Well, technically yes but it doesn’t quite have the same purchasing power as it would have if you made it last year instead