@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoUAW expands strike as nearly 9,000 workers walk off job at Ford's largest plantwww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1459arrow-down11
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minus-square@dan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilink-37•edit-22 years agoWhile I sympathize with the workers wanting more money, I’m not looking forward to new vehicles being more unattainable than they already are.
minus-square@atetulo@lemm.eelinkfedilink16•2 years agoHey, buddy. I got some news for you. Businesses charge what people are willing to pay. Full stop. Not what products cost to produce.
minus-square@Fallenwout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThey’re not selling below the production cost. Full stop.
minus-square@atetulo@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 years agoRight. They’re selling as high above the production cost as people are willing to pay. It’s called ‘maximizing profit.’
minus-square@Fallenwout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoI don’t understand why you get downvoted. How can people not know that a rise in production cost gets passed through to the customer.
minus-square@dan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 years agoWhen unions are involved you aren’t allowed to point out things like that.
While I sympathize with the workers wanting more money, I’m not looking forward to new vehicles being more unattainable than they already are.
Hey, buddy. I got some news for you.
Businesses charge what people are willing to pay. Full stop. Not what products cost to produce.
They’re not selling below the production cost. Full stop.
Right. They’re selling as high above the production cost as people are willing to pay.
It’s called ‘maximizing profit.’
I don’t understand why you get downvoted. How can people not know that a rise in production cost gets passed through to the customer.
When unions are involved you aren’t allowed to point out things like that.
Did you learn economics 101 from your teevee?