fascists will blame it on biden and mexicans, and stained-wifebeater-wearing bumpkin yokel walmart shoppers will be parroting it before the fox news ticker even scrolls to the end of the sentence
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Walmart to Increase Prices ‘On a Week-to-Week Basis’ Due to Trump Tariffs: Report
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Are we getting close enough yet to the hyperinflation stage of Nazi Germany for experts to consider this an issue?
Not quite yet, but as Trump increases his grip on the Federal Reserve, which should reach a tipping point when he appoints a new Chairman in May of 2026, you can bet 100% that monetary policy will hyperinflation on a level never before seen in the U.S.. Expect >50% annual inflation level.
Yippee!!! 50% increase! So you're saying I should buy all the bread and eggs right now, store them until May of next year, and then I'll be a billionaire, too???
Me in December: this place smells like shit...
Bread and eggs, no.
Beans and rice... probably.
Everyone's gonna have beans and rice. I'm gonna be the only one with bread and eggs. And unlike beans and rice, when I need some more, I can plant them and grow more eggs and bread.
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A better strategy is to buy real assets like gold and silver, which not only hold their value with inflation, but generally tend to explode in price as people wake up and pile in.
Gold and silver are expensive compared to bread and eggs. You're just jealous because I came up with the plan first!
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There never was a hyperinflation in Nazi Germany. You are thinking about early 1920s Germany.
I worded my comment poorly. I'm including the rise of the Nazi party as a stage of Nazi Germany. I find the reaction to hyperinflation just as integral as the Beer Hall Putsch (which I often compare to J6) to the existence of Nazi Germany.
I think Trumpler is trying to check all the same boxes and isn't particular about the order.
One of the only things he has seriously studied in life is Nazism. He has always had an unquestionable fascination with Hitler. I wish I was making this up.
So yeah, it would not surprise me if he and his cabinet are ticking off an all too familiar checklist.
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But Trump told me that they won’t do this and he’s watching them!! How could they go against daddy Trump! 🤣
They need to eat that cost! That's what their stockholders want! It's what's best for business AND consumers 🙄
Walmart needs to eat my dick.
Here it comes.
Walmart, the Walton family billionaires, publically blaming Trump's tariffs doesn't leave much room for Trump, MAGA, or Fox to shift the blame. I suppose they'll still try, but I think even MAGA will understand the truth, though they may not admit it.
You'd be surprised the level of cognitive dissadence.
One of my best friends voted Trump, and I have tried like 3x now explaining to him how HE PAYS MORE NOW FOR GOODS because of the tariffs and I think I'm finally getting through to him. But he somehow keeps thinking it's a net positive 😭 this is what disposable income does to a MF I swear /s
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Hey! wanna play a fun game? find a few items in walmart and take note of their price, then take note of the new tariff price, now the fun part, after the tariffs are over see if the price goes back to the pre tariff price (be fair adjust for inflation) .
Spoiler if the items still sell at the tariff price they will only go down a fraction of the tariff increase.
If they weren't cowards, they'd add how much is added to the cost due to the tariffs on the price tag.
No no no... you don't get it. Walmart isn't cowards.
They funded Project 2025. This is EXACTLY what they want.
"Eat the tariffs" - As if companies like Walmart would love to make less profits just to please politics. Heck, they usually pay politicians to help them make more profits!
If they want to fix this, they should put a "Trump did that!" sticker by the new prices.
In case anyone was interested in where to find such stickers .... (Scroll about halfway down if you don't wanna enjoy the ride to find this one specifically) https://www.equalityink.com/product-page/trump-i-did-that-big-sticker-pack-100-pcs
Wondering how much more of my life I'm going to have to live watching our society become less stable every single time Republicans gain control before Americans put 2 and 2 together.
Based on the last 10 years, I'm assuming it just isn't going to happen.
based on 45 years you are likely correct.
Oh they want to price gouge now that everyone is excited for the radioactive shrimp
THEY BETTER NOT! I'LL BE WATCHING AND LET'S JUST SAY THAT THEY WON'T APPRECIATE A CALL FROM ME (BUT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THEY'LL TAKE IT)! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
This is BIDENS fault that TRUMP imposed Tariffs that caused our Prices to SOAR!
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They also jack up their local prices based on need.
When the flood hit Texas, a 5gal water cost 17$.
Two weeks later, back to the normal price of 7.99$
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I just can't accept that employee owned grocery stores like WinCo are somehow keeping prices down but big grocery stores like Kroger are just skyrocketing.
Prices on many items are literally 200% the cost of the same exact item at WinCo.
They don't pay their employees more so where is that extra 100% profit going?
Employee owned stores have a massive competitive advantage over corporate owned stores.
They have no shareholders.
Corporate stores need to show consistent growth in profits, not simply consistent profits.
Employee owned stores can at least get by without making more profits year after year, as long as they make enough to pay themselves and keep up with maintenance.
“Rolling up prices”
Honestly, this might be the one company the Trump administration cant silence over this. Dear god, we are all depending on Walmart to stop him.
What do they mean "on a week to week basis"? We've been shown, based on their television adverts in the last decade, that the little yellow price ball does that all the time. Were those commercials fake news?! /s
At least there will be lots of new minimum wage jobs for those that have to re-price all the inventory on a weekly basis.
Most stores I go to nowadays have those electronic price tags that can be changed en masse by a corporate drone somewhere from far away. Scary.
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Cool I'll just shop literally anywhere the fuck else.
It’s earning season, the numbers are in, and at the end of the day, the execs are more afraid of Wall Street than Trump.
Many more price are finally going to start reflecting tariffs in the states. The big companies are no longer holding back.
There is a local organic grocery store a block away that I’ve stopped at for basics here and there and nothing else really due to it being more expensive, but their prices haven’t changed so now it has become the cheaper option for most things. Check out your local organic grocery stores.
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