"Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has taken on the issue, documenting how “corporations are making record profits on the backs of American families.” In a public report, Casey noted that from July 2020 through July 2022, inflation rose by 14%, but corporate profits rose by 75%, five times as fast.
... the cost for chicken went up 20% in 2021 as Tyson Foods doubled their profits from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022..." https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-21-2023?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #PriceGouging#Capitalism