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A Boring Dystopia

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Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If this happens... You can bet your ass my unemployed relative is going to be the one buying all the groceries with cash.

No cash? Well it turns out the untaxed gift allowance is $18,000, or $1500/mo, more than enough for all the groceries of a large family.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

So they’ll have to price small quantities low and go up from there to prevent TaskRabbits / Craigslisters from running this as a business