solsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHarris to propose federal ban on 'corporate price-gouging' in food and grocerieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down19
arrow-up1573arrow-down1external-linkHarris to propose federal ban on 'corporate price-gouging' in food and grocerieswww.cnbc.comsolsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 months agoThat’s a legacy rule from a bygone era. Modern Politicians are only ever allowed to implement policies that generate more revenue for businesses.
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI’m all for recognizing the near-impossibility of getting any kind of progress done in our corporate-owned government, but the law requiring added sugars be listed separately from total sugars is a recent addition, one I was astonished to see.
That’s a legacy rule from a bygone era.
Modern Politicians are only ever allowed to implement policies that generate more revenue for businesses.
I’m all for recognizing the near-impossibility of getting any kind of progress done in our corporate-owned government, but the law requiring added sugars be listed separately from total sugars is a recent addition, one I was astonished to see.