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Old 07-11-2008, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jojo View Post
Farmers and supermarkets also don't exist in a vacuum - their prices are rising, so they pass the raise along to consumers in order to stay in business.
Yes, they make the choice to pass the costs on to the consumers.

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Not to worry - some places are recording record profits - like oil companies and insurance companies.
More evidence that there is no such thing as a "law" of supply and demand and no such thing as prices just sort of magically rising and falling all by themselves.
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