Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
by clairity on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:47PM
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the stranglehold of the two party system buoyed by corporate cash means that they only have to seem a tiny bit less bad than the other party.
for better representation and a better society, we need election and campaign finance reform asap. unfortunately that doesn't serve the desires of the politicians or the entrenched parties, so we need to get creative about how to realign those incentives.
Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
by quickthrowman on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:47PM
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> We need election and campaign finance reform asap
It’s never going to happen, see Citizens United v FEC and the upcoming 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. This is most unfortunate, and will only get worse.
Because the thing is, we can. Remember how in the early days of Expedia, flights were listed as crazy cheap, and then when you clicked through to buy, you discovered they'd tack on another 30-50% in fees and taxes? But that changed in 2012 when advertised airfares were forced to include all mandatory charges.
Why they don't do that with all industries -- the ones you've listed, plus making it so cell phone and internet providers can't start randomly tacking on new "network maintenance fees" and other BS -- is beyond me. It shouldn't just be airfare, it should be everything.
I mean, you'd think one of the political parties -- presumably Democrats -- would say, hey that'd be a popular move with voters, and make it part of their platform? But no.