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W_HAMILTON

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7. "The solution to higher prices is ... higher prices."

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:56 PM

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Everything is too expensive, but enough people are still paying those higher prices, so higher prices persist.

Companies will continue to raise prices as long as consumers are still paying them...

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