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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down2·edit-22 months ago Less bike lanes 100% he’s going to make that happen and cheaper parking 0% he’s going to make that happen Free market, bitches! Prices. Only. Go. Up!
minus-squaregwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agowait why would less bike lanes make anything cheaper?? it’s just sectioning off a portion of the road?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYou turn the bike lane into street parking. No idea how this makes things cheaper, but I guess the argument is two extra parking spots per block is going to make all the difference.
minus-squaregwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoyeah some dude paying 7 bucks an hour while he picks up taco bell (idk the hourly rate for parking im not american) is gonna break profit records
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis politician isn’t American either, this is in Sydney
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·2 months agoIn free markets prices generally go down
minus-squaregallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWait, you’re serious?
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoCompare the percent of income required for seasonings and fresh fruits from around the world now vs 200 years ago.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s probably more of a function of our switch from consumption taxes to income tax.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat’re you talking about? It’s a function of global trade lol.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYou might want to actually look into the history of global trade sometime.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoheck compare the cost of labour 40 years ago to now
100% he’s going to make that happen
0% he’s going to make that happen
Free market, bitches! Prices. Only. Go. Up!
wait why would less bike lanes make anything cheaper?? it’s just sectioning off a portion of the road?
You turn the bike lane into street parking. No idea how this makes things cheaper, but I guess the argument is two extra parking spots per block is going to make all the difference.
yeah some dude paying 7 bucks an hour while he picks up taco bell (idk the hourly rate for parking im not american) is gonna break profit records
This politician isn’t American either, this is in Sydney
In free markets prices generally go down
Wait, you’re serious?
Compare the percent of income required for seasonings and fresh fruits from around the world now vs 200 years ago.
That’s probably more of a function of our switch from consumption taxes to income tax.
What’re you talking about? It’s a function of global trade lol.
You might want to actually look into the history of global trade sometime.
im aware
Evidently not.
heck compare the cost of labour 40 years ago to now