Bob Casey Jr.: “Corporate profits in the two years between July of 20 to…”

“But I think in a larger sense, it's about a much, much greater problem, which is Greedflation, which is big corporations jacking up their prices, the cost of food, the price of household items, and raising those prices way above their costs. You know, Corporate profits in the two years between July of 20 to July of 22, corporate profits were up 75%, five times the rate of inflation. That's a ripoff on a grander scale. That's Greedflation. And what we need to remedy that is to pass legislation so that the Federal Trade Commission can investigate price gouging.” (00:44–00:55)

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