Ha! He's probably going to write off the Visa giftcards as an operational expense on his taxes too. However... maybe it's also worth $1 to me to get anyone else from the GOP involved that isn't Trump or DeSantis. This is my first time hearing of this guy, that's kinda unique for the GOP. Usually their mantra is something more similar to "loud and crazy to the front!" Do they have anyone left?
There are so many from the GOP this time I've barely heard of. Useful resource to track them and their campaign positions. Though none of them are any competition to DeSantis in the opinion polls. Neither is DeSantis to Trump. Never imagined I'd say that's a good thing but oh my god Ron
He’s not buying votes per say. He just needs a certain number of donations. This definitely violates straw donor rules, in ways that look really bad for GOP. “You had to buy your way here” is never a good look.
Especially because I’m sure we’ll find they’re all doing something like it
He’s not buying votes per se. He just needs a certain number of donations. This definitely violates straw donor rules, in ways that look really bad for GOP. “You had to buy your way here” is never a good look.
Especially because I’m sure we’ll find they’re all doing something like it
Did you read the article? The economist interviewed specifically said it isn’t because of price gouging, but because they anticipated future costs will be higher than they actually were.
Normally, Andrew says, profits contribute less than a third to inflation. He found that in 2021, corporate profits could account for about double that, nearly 60% of inflation, meaning it was not costs driving inflation. It was corporate profits. Now, some economists hear this and think this is proof that companies were just using inflation as an excuse to gouge customers. Andrew does not think this. He thinks companies likely raised prices not because their costs went up in 2021 - because they did not, really - but because they were anticipating that their costs would go up a lot in 2022. And by the way, costs did end up going up in 2022, although companies still made record profits.
Law enforcement doesn't publish (not sure if they even collect) data on non-criminal incidences of gun violence. The CDC is helping states get a holistic understanding of gun-related violence, which is inclusive of any and all gun inflicted injuries that check into hospitals.
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