viper412
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Post by viper412 on Oct 7, 2021 22:22:47 GMT -5
i truly dont understand how an already struggling country with millions of people unable to even afford BASIC HUMAN NECESSITIES can cry poverty and accept the cost of goods continuing to rise just because "well, inflation economy. thats just the way it is." Then you’ve got a dude in this thread blaming migrants and people on welfare and riots(lol) for tanking the economy. The problem might be moreso the dbag wealth hoarders trying to colonize the moon. Maybe just maybe 🤔 … people on welfare are the reason WWE Mattel Elites are going from 19.99 to 21.99 confirmed |
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Post by jacobl18 on Oct 7, 2021 22:41:08 GMT -5
i truly dont understand how an already struggling country with millions of people unable to even afford BASIC HUMAN NECESSITIES can cry poverty and accept the cost of goods continuing to rise just because "well, inflation economy. thats just the way it is." It’s pretty simple to understand. When a company has to pay more for their items to be made or if they have to pay more in taxes then those cost are gonna be passed on to the customers. I’m not defending greedy companies but it’s just how the world works. If they have to pay more then their gonna fire employees and or raise the price to offset it. |
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Post by jimfriend on Oct 7, 2021 23:18:26 GMT -5
i truly dont understand how an already struggling country with millions of people unable to even afford BASIC HUMAN NECESSITIES can cry poverty and accept the cost of goods continuing to rise just because "well, inflation economy. thats just the way it is." It’s pretty simple to understand. When a company has to pay more for their items to be made or if they have to pay more in taxes then those cost are gonna be passed on to the customers. I’m not defending greedy companies but it’s just how the world works. If they have to pay more then their gonna fire employees and or raise the price to offset it. I’m sure mattel would be fine without a price hike, but if the bottom line is affected even marginally corps will raise prices even if it isn’t necessary. Blows my mind how people come on here and defend corporations raising prices and exploiting consumers in the name of inflation whilst simultaneously not raising wages for those that work under them. I don’t but this at all, whether it’s hasbro or mattel or whoever. Seems like higher ups are upping prices because they’re realizing the gains right now are great in the collector market and the exclusivity licensing to charge whatever they want for marvel legends or mattel elites to further exploit peoples collecting habits. |
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Post by jacobl18 on Oct 8, 2021 0:25:23 GMT -5
It’s pretty simple to understand. When a company has to pay more for their items to be made or if they have to pay more in taxes then those cost are gonna be passed on to the customers. I’m not defending greedy companies but it’s just how the world works. If they have to pay more then their gonna fire employees and or raise the price to offset it. I’m sure mattel would be fine without a price hike, but if the bottom line is affected even marginally corps will raise prices even if it isn’t necessary. Blows my mind how people come on here and defend corporations raising prices and exploiting consumers in the name of inflation whilst simultaneously not raising wages for those that work under them. I don’t but this at all, whether it’s hasbro or mattel or whoever. Seems like higher ups are upping prices because they’re realizing the gains right now are great in the collector market and the exclusivity licensing to charge whatever they want for marvel legends or mattel elites to further exploit peoples collecting habits. I 100% agree with you. Things that aren’t essential have to walk a fine line when it comes to raising prices. Consumers are going to be paying more for essential items and that will eat into their extra money to spend on stupid stuff like action figures lol. If ppl already have less money to spend and Mattel raises prices then less ppl will be buying. |
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Post by cordless2016 on Oct 8, 2021 4:36:40 GMT -5
I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but... Inflation Free money Migrants Riots China Big government New Administration War Oil Welfare Above are all the reasons I know that is coming ahead. I heard rumors, just rumors from insiders that say the big increase in almost all goods will happen end of this month. So essentially good began to increase price this summer but look for more of the same this month. I have heard any where from 20-40% increase. I expect 23-25 dollars coming right around the corner. I imagine Ultimates will cost close to $40 soon. Not only do you have cost of oil/plastic, but taxes on these goods, then you have environmentalists pushing taxes. Just giving the heads up on what I hear. Lol bro just delete this Why? It’s simple economics and not hard to understand at all. Constantly printing free money and handing it to people who don’t work, introducing migrants to compete in the workforce for less money than many expect to make, and increasing taxes on your own domestic corporations (which only kills their competitiveness in the mark place), all lead to inflation and the little guys getting screwed as usual. We’ve seen all of this arise in just the last 10 months alone. |
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Post by johnnyb on Oct 8, 2021 9:24:31 GMT -5
Why? It’s simple economics and not hard to understand at all. Constantly printing free money and handing it to people who don’t work, introducing migrants to compete in the workforce for less money than many expect to make, and increasing taxes on your own domestic corporations (which only kills their competitiveness in the mark place), all lead to inflation and the little guys getting screwed as usual. We’ve seen all of this arise in just the last 10 months alone. Literally none of this is "simple economics" lmfao |
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Post by cordless2016 on Oct 8, 2021 10:09:20 GMT -5
Why? It’s simple economics and not hard to understand at all. Constantly printing free money and handing it to people who don’t work, introducing migrants to compete in the workforce for less money than many expect to make, and increasing taxes on your own domestic corporations (which only kills their competitiveness in the mark place), all lead to inflation and the little guys getting screwed as usual. We’ve seen all of this arise in just the last 10 months alone. Literally none of this is "simple economics" lmfao Yet you give nothing to support your claim. Take a few economic classes and get back to me. |
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Post by jimfriend on Oct 8, 2021 11:03:55 GMT -5
Literally none of this is "simple economics" lmfao Yet you give nothing to support your claim. Take a few economic classes and get back to me. Mate YOU don’t understand economics and are blaming poor people and immigrants which is demonstrably not true. You’re just projecting your prejudices under the guise of “simple economics” when you’re wrong, like woefully wrong. www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0809/3-ways-immigration-helps-and-hurts-the-economy.aspx“A 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report found that immigration has an overall positive effect on the economy.” “The evidence suggests that the negative impacts of immigration on native-born wages are minimal and contained though traditional arguments hold that immigration depresses wages for native-born workers with less than a high school education.” “A 2019 study that looked at the imposition of 1920s immigrant quotas showed, using U.S. Census data, that restricting immigration did not lead to higher wages for native-born workers.” |
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Post by cordless2016 on Oct 8, 2021 11:18:20 GMT -5
Yet you give nothing to support your claim. Take a few economic classes and get back to me. Mate YOU don’t understand economics and are blaming poor people and immigrants which is demonstrably not true. You’re just projecting your prejudices under the guise of “simple economics” when you’re wrong, like woefully wrong. www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0809/3-ways-immigration-helps-and-hurts-the-economy.aspx“A 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report found that immigration has an overall positive effect on the economy.” “The evidence suggests that the negative impacts of immigration on native-born wages are minimal and contained though traditional arguments hold that immigration depresses wages for native-born workers with less than a high school education.” “A 2019 study that looked at the imposition of 1920s immigrant quotas showed, using U.S. Census data, that restricting immigration did not lead to higher wages for native-born workers.” LMAO the moment you said I’m “prejudice” is the moment I stopped taking you seriously. Im also wondering where I said “poor people” (looks like assumptions on your end). I said people sitting at home, living off taxpayers. Big difference. Printing more money and handing it out to people who can but arnt willing to work, flooding the market with undocumented migrants who lower competitive wages while also receiving more government assistance than native citizens on average, and putting domestic companies at a disadvantage to competitors all leads to inflation and economic downswings. So yeah, I’ll say again, take a few classes on how the economy works and get back to me. Simply printing more money and handing it out doesn’t solve anything. “tAx tHe rIcH” is also a fallacy and raising there taxes only hurts the middle and lower class as wel. www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/11/25/fed-economists-warn-of-inflation-and-economic-ruin-if-mmt-is-adopted.html www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/trump-clinton-immigration-economy-unemployment-jobs-214216/ |
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Post by mightyone29 on Oct 8, 2021 11:24:35 GMT -5
I seen at Walmart the two packs are now $19.99 and the aew figures are bumped up to $21.88.
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Post by jimfriend on Oct 8, 2021 11:37:16 GMT -5
Yes, lying about migrants claiming they’re damaging the American economy when in fact they do the opposite is a sign of prejudice. You’re just parroting unfounded talking points and when challenged you fall back on being some faux-intellectual because of some classes(lol) you apparently took. Good news is it’s easy to slam dunk on these people because they don’t have arguments, just talking points from different media figures.
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The Solution
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Post by The Solution on Oct 8, 2021 13:27:06 GMT -5
I was really hoping the WFigs board would be the one place I wouldn’t see politics spoken of…
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Post by mad2009 on Oct 8, 2021 13:34:55 GMT -5
I would be ok with the price going up if the quality went up as well. But with all the recent complaints about botched figures no way is this ok
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Post by jacobl18 on Oct 8, 2021 13:40:37 GMT -5
Mattel won’t raise prices very much because they can’t. Consumers are gonna be paying more for food, gas, clothing ect. If Mattel thinks ppl are gonna pay $25 for Elites and $40+ for UE they’re gonna be in for a rude awakening.
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Post by jacobl18 on Oct 8, 2021 13:46:43 GMT -5
Yes, lying about migrants claiming they’re damaging the American economy when in fact they do the opposite is a sign of prejudice. You’re just parroting unfounded talking points and when challenged you fall back on being some faux-intellectual because of some classes(lol) you apparently took. Good news is it’s easy to slam dunk on these people because they don’t have arguments, just talking points from different media figures. I hate talking politics and you could make the argument that helping poor ppl from other countries is the right thing to do, but it definitely comes at a cost. Unskilled labor wages will be kept low if their is a huge influx of unskilled workers coming into the country. If a person who works at McDonald’s wants $15 an hour but now there are a bunch of ppl willing to work for $7.25 an hour then why would McDonald’s raise wages? |
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Post by jimfriend on Oct 8, 2021 14:12:56 GMT -5
Yes, lying about migrants claiming they’re damaging the American economy when in fact they do the opposite is a sign of prejudice. You’re just parroting unfounded talking points and when challenged you fall back on being some faux-intellectual because of some classes(lol) you apparently took. Good news is it’s easy to slam dunk on these people because they don’t have arguments, just talking points from different media figures. I hate talking politics and you could make the argument that helping poor ppl from other countries is the right thing to do, but it definitely comes at a cost. Unskilled labor wages will be kept low if their is a huge influx of unskilled workers coming into the country. If a person who works at McDonald’s wants $15 an hour but now there are a bunch of ppl willing to work for $7.25 an hour then why would McDonald’s raise wages? Bro I literally posted like an hour ago an article examining this and showing there’s minimal correlation to what you’re describing in regards to depressed wages or job availability. It’s a talking point, an untrue one based on prejudice. |
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Post by cordless2016 on Oct 8, 2021 15:01:52 GMT -5
I hate talking politics and you could make the argument that helping poor ppl from other countries is the right thing to do, but it definitely comes at a cost. Unskilled labor wages will be kept low if their is a huge influx of unskilled workers coming into the country. If a person who works at McDonald’s wants $15 an hour but now there are a bunch of ppl willing to work for $7.25 an hour then why would McDonald’s raise wages? Bro I literally posted like an hour ago an article examining this and showing there’s minimal correlation to what you’re describing in regards to depressed wages or job availability. It’s a talking point, an untrue one based on prejudice. And I posted a link to an article that counters yours, yet you ignored it. We can argue for days about this but to say migrants have no negative impact on the economy is just not true. Taking into account there willingness to work for less wages compared to native workers, many that don’t pay taxes (again, not all migrants, so you don’t have to make assumptions again), and the fact that on average, they receive more government aid than native citizens, and you have a recipe for disaster. The funny thing is migrant workers weren’t even my main point; it was the fact that the government keeps printing money and giving it to people refusing to work (again, not poor people as you assumed), yet you turned it into “yOu’Re pReJuDiCe!” It’s not prejudice. It’s doing research and coming to an informed decision. |
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Post by berealnicknaro on Oct 8, 2021 16:17:34 GMT -5
Bro I literally posted like an hour ago an article examining this and showing there’s minimal correlation to what you’re describing in regards to depressed wages or job availability. It’s a talking point, an untrue one based on prejudice. And I posted a link to an article that counters yours, yet you ignored it. We can argue for days about this but to say migrants have no negative impact on the economy is just not true. Taking into account there willingness to work for less wages compared to native workers, many that don’t pay taxes (again, not all migrants, so you don’t have to make assumptions again), and the fact that on average, they receive more government aid than native citizens, and you have a recipe for disaster. The funny thing is migrant workers weren’t even my main point; it was the fact that the government keeps printing money and giving it to people refusing to work (again, not poor people as you assumed), yet you turned it into “yOu’Re pReJuDiCe!” It’s not prejudice. It’s doing research and coming to an informed decision. I’m an independent contractor, but I’d much rather some free government money. Where exactly do I sign up for that? |
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Post by cordless2016 on Oct 8, 2021 19:10:45 GMT -5
And I posted a link to an article that counters yours, yet you ignored it. We can argue for days about this but to say migrants have no negative impact on the economy is just not true. Taking into account there willingness to work for less wages compared to native workers, many that don’t pay taxes (again, not all migrants, so you don’t have to make assumptions again), and the fact that on average, they receive more government aid than native citizens, and you have a recipe for disaster. The funny thing is migrant workers weren’t even my main point; it was the fact that the government keeps printing money and giving it to people refusing to work (again, not poor people as you assumed), yet you turned it into “yOu’Re pReJuDiCe!” It’s not prejudice. It’s doing research and coming to an informed decision. I’m an independent contractor, but I’d much rather some free government money. Where exactly do I sign up for that? |
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Post by berealnicknaro on Oct 8, 2021 20:06:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I can’t apply for that because I actually worked through last year. If I did, it would get rejected. Surely you know the difference between “assistance for people who were fired and couldn’t find another job for reasons beyond their control” and “free money for lazy people” though, right? |
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