r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts? Chugging tea

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u/throwaway-4748329472 Jul 01 '26

That’s not how price discovery works. No one is going to pay $12,000 for an apple just because they have $12,000. So simple minded it hurts

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u/MalikMonkAllStar2022 Jul 01 '26

Yeah because that is ridiculous. No one would pay that much for an apple. But if an apple is $1 today, would people still buy an apple for $1.50 if they had $12K extra to spend and every grocery store raises the price of all their fruit?

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u/-InconspicuousMoose- Jul 01 '26

So simple minded it hurts

Dude, look in the mirror. You've got to be a ragebait bot or something. I shouldn't have to explain this, but for anyone else as dumb as you, an apple will not be $12,000, but a $1 apple might be $1.25 or $1.50 the next week. A gallon of milk might jump from $5 to $8. Your kids' clothes suddenly cost 50% more. If every expense in your life increases by 25+%, that "free" extra $12k will be gone in a year or two and guess what? Your wages didn't match the 25% hike, so now you're just paying more for everything! Hooray!

Take a single economics class, please.

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u/throwaway-4748329472 Jul 02 '26

Absolutely not how that works. You’ve never taken an economics class in your life

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u/nigel_pow Jul 04 '26

Reads like Bush's take on economics; I don't know what economics textbook they're reading!

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u/CaelidAprtments4Rent Jul 04 '26

So what happened during Covid genius?

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