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Re:Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to ... by jabradoodle on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:14PM (#37527866)
Government had to provide basic services during a time of emergency and there are regulations in place to stop people taking advantage of vulnerable people.

Sounds good, I'd pay tax money toward it.

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Re:Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to ... by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:32PM (#37528099)
> Government had to provide basic services during a time of emergency

There were widespread fuel shortages.

> regulations in place to stop people taking advantage of vulnerable people

There were no fuel shortages for folks who could buy on the black market.

> Sounds good

In a sense, the system works. The part of the population that feels good with these rules sits out of the market. The part that thinks it’s silly has access, in part thanks to the shortages/forced curtailment caused by regulation in the legal market, albeit at a steeper mark-up (plus the inherent risks to black market trading).

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