Subj : Re: Russia's Endgame
To : Arelor
From : Moondog
Date : Sat Oct 08 2022 04:45 pm
Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
By: Arelor to Moondog on Sat Oct 08 2022 11:02 am
> Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
> By: Moondog to MRO on Fri Oct 07 2022 12:28 pm
>
> > I getr the impression that Russian people are historically been kept poor
> > and the government keeps the people fed by forcing low food prices and
> > subsidizing liquor. Corruption is rampant, and things do not get doen
>
> There is not such a thing as forcing low food prices, and any minister claim
> otherwise has not seen European countries in the heyday of regulated food
> prices.
>
> Long story short: if Pedro S�nchez sets a max price of one dollar per loaf o
> bread, but it takes me three dollar to produce it, one of the following is
> gonna happen:
>
> * I am not going to sell any bread and I am gonna keep all of my bread for
> family and friends.
>
> * I am going to sell my bread in a dark alley for a price that allows me to
> turn at least some profit.
>
> What I am not going to do is to sell bread at a loss, specially if the scena
> os post apocalyptic and food supply is not granted (see post WWII Germany an
> post Civil War Spain).
>
> PS: There is an old saying: When a cuntry is really fucked up, corruption is
> not a problem, but the solution. Tha rationale is that if the government is
> greedy that it allows nothing to be done without paying a tax bribe, or its
> regulatory demands are so heavy as to be unmeetable by regular people, any
> public officer willing to facilitate things for a small fee is a benefactor
> rather than an enemy.
>
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Price fixing is done through subsidies. The government uses tax
money to pay the suppliers so the end price is much
less to the end buyer. The goverment pays to shear the sheep out of subsidy
money so there's a supply wool available during winter coat season.
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