Haligonian by birth, Dartmouthian by choice. Enjoy gadgets and techie stuff, fantasy novels, Alt Rock, video games (D2 and ESO), tent camping, the beach, variety of TV & movies.
Starting over from scratch on the Mastodon "mothership" after the locally operated server was shutdown by owner.
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Good documentary.
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
"Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms."
https://watch.plex.tv/movie/the-new-corporation-the-unfortunately-necessary-sequel
It's time to rebel!
"...for the 20 years leading up to 2022, corporate profits were responsible for about one-third of inflation. Last year, however, that ratio jumped to two-thirds..."
"...their take-home share of every consumer dollar effectively doubled.."
"...Profit-led inflation works until it does not and the point where consumers start to rebel against profit-led price increases disguised as other factors tends to be a tipping point with a sharp turn."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inflation-profit-analysis-1.6909878
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.
The carbon tax has been in the news A LOT lately.
And I still hear a lot of confusion about how it works.
A while ago I made this app that lets you calculate how it affects your household finances:
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/embeds/2023/carbon-tax-calculator/
For my household, it's nearly a wash. But results vary quite a bit!
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