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		ImPostingOnHN on June 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Corporate profits account for almost half the incr... reducing corporate profits would reduce inflation, since corporate profits account for almost half of inflation, according to the article

cortesoft on June 29, 2023 [–]

No, because the profits would go towards taxes instead of profits, but that doesn’t lower prices. If you do lower prices, you would end up with shortages.

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