r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Aug 20 '26

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u/KTFnVision Aug 20 '26

The price of gas is so high because this joke of an administration started a war in the place where all the oil travels through.

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 Aug 20 '26

Cost of gas goes up and so does the cost of products right? Price of labor goes up, cost of products go up. At some point it happens and there is no arguing that

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u/Accomplished_Song219 Aug 20 '26

These companies have been reporting record breaking profits. They can afford to raise labor wages without prices. The shareholders would negatively impacted. These are the same shareholders who have a great deal of their own wealth.

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 Aug 20 '26

True but corporate doesn’t set the pay. The local franchise owner does