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.
“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!
Stopped going to Walmart because prices were comparable everywhere else. Or, the price was slightly lower but the quality was garbage.
I remember back about a decade ago, I was buying kitchen stuff, getting ready for moving out of home for the 2nd time. I had gotten a few things from one of the specialty stores but was with my partner at the time at a walmart (which I hated already and wouldn’t have been there on my own) and decided to hold my nose and grab some other things we still needed while there.
Only when I looked at the prices, they weren’t any better than the specialty place. Some things were even worse.
I realized they probably just advertised some loss leaders to get people in and then their prices for everything else were normal or high.
Are we getting close enough yet to the hyperinflation stage of Nazi Germany for experts to consider this an issue?
That was the Weimar Republic.
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…
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!
In much the same way iron is heavier than feathers!
yes the bread and eggs plan is far superior that’s for sure
You people have been saying this for 100 years. It’s gonna be true aaaaaany day now…
It was true during the Great Depression and the Weimer Republic. I think Trump’s profile would neatly slot into both of their shapes, if we are to predict the future.
When people “wake up” and trade their paper for shiny metals with no real inherent value beyond maybe industrial uses.
Shiny metals have had value to men for the entirety of recorded history and across societies, perhaps originating in their desirability for jewelry, for which they are still in significant demand today. They have been used as money more or less since the advent of money.
Bread and eggs, no.
Beans and rice… probably.
And flour. And a bread-maker.
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.
I know this is Counter intuitive but how can I make money off of this?
Buy real assets like gold and silver. There is a reason why they are near their all-time highs, and the general public hasn’t piled in yet. The current bull run has been largely driven by central bank purchases. When the shit hits the fan there will be exponential growth.
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.
Oh they want to price gouge now that everyone is excited for the radioactive shrimp
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
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
This is BIDENS fault that TRUMP imposed Tariffs that caused our Prices to SOAR!
Might have been that Biden69 guy.
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.
Employee owned stores can even get by with exact 0 profits, since the employees would’ve already gotten their fair share in the form of their salary.
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.
The Walmart in my town is weird as fuck because it barely has any food in it. Like MAYBE 10% of their floorspace is foodstuffs. And it used to be okay because there was an employee-owned grocery store in town. Well, that grocery store chain apparently got bought out recently, and not only are they raising their prices faster than Walmart, they also can’t keep the shelves stocked because the people doing the ordering don’t work in the stores. I’m actually thinking I might have to start driving an hour to the nearest WinCo if prices keep skyrocketing like this.
Walmart used not sell food. That’s fairly new.
Yeah, I get that. This one store has remained in its early-2000s renovation layout while all the other nearby locations of its size went the opposite direction and became Neighborhood Markets and only sell food. That’s what has me baffled by it.
Interesting.
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.
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.
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
Might wanna consider a new best friend set. If these people haven’t come around yet they just aren’t going to.
you’re assuming they look for info about reality anywhere but fox news and truth social
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.
