85% of the meat packing industry in the US is owned by four multinational megacorps:

Tyson Foods (U.S.-owned)
Cargill (U.S.-owned)
JBS (Brazilian-owned)
National Beef (Brazilian-owned)

They are very obviously operating as a cartel. They have faced legal action to this effect, though nothing with real teeth.

I don't really see why McDonald's is relevant since they don't produce the beef, they are a buyer of it. Be that as it may, cartel behavior is harmful to the economy and is an inevitable result whenever the market is dominated by a small number of players like this. It is just outright obvious to all of them that collusion is more profitable than competition, at that point.

Any capitalist economy must rely on government intervention to break these up and/or regulate them. Capitalism collapses under the weight of anti competitive forces otherwise.
 

They did it in the pre-release software knowing that the issues would get picked up by the tech press. Remember this was Windows 3.1 era. Most Windows/Dos users were not internet users.

People relied on what they read in things like PC Mag and Byte, yes even corporate IT decision makers. Microsoft knew that those sorts of publications would leap on the opportunity to test pre-release Windows, would actually try it out on a variety of PC hardware and DOS versions. These were monthly publications at most and would be unlikely to give space to a second review until after the RTM version hit store shelves.

The message would be clear, for a smooth experience on the new Windows, you better plan an upgrade to MSDOS 5. I know a lot of people jumped from MSDOS 3.x to 5.0 at the same time they bought Windows 3.1[1]. So it worked..

By the time everyone figured out Windows 3.1[1] was just fine on DR DOS, they'd already switched MSDOS or already paid to upgrade to MSDOS 5, so Digital Research was not getting the users back.

Interesting....I've never heard of such a thing,,...a minum energy building....?

LOL...I doubt I'd survive there long...my tube amps alone likely would have me thrown out of such an abode...

So be part of the owner class.

You can get treasury's that pay almost 5%, you can get CDs that pay more. You can buy index funds.

Got one of those 3% mortgages, good stop paying anything but the minimal monthly and start buying debt at better rates with that money.

Even better rent your current place and move somewhere cheaper, you work from home anyway right?

The simple realty is the current generation of American's largely likes to complain they are not winning but they can't be arsed to play the game.

Especially interesting for these who don't understand and appreciate what they still (somewhat) have.

Y'all may think that you like communism, or (other peoples' exotic) eastern theocracy, but if they get the upper hand, you will find out much too late that you do not really like them at all ...

(Looks for silver lining) ... er, well, refreshingly honest, I guess?

Doesn't exist on my truck. I guess I could use a pillow if I wasn't already tall.

Also, you should set your mirrors by leaning left and right while setting them. I don't have a usable rear view mirror (camper shell) or backup camera (smashed on a rock while off-roading), so nothing to set there.

Decade long drought cycles are great for hard-working farmers, gives them the extended vacation they deserve.

Eleven? No

They might even believe they're doing good. Politics is a magnet for those kinds of people. C suite too, sometimes, if the company is on solid enough financial footing that morons up top can coast along.

That is also interesting given the source.

The EIT (earned income tax credit) is more or less UBI. It is probably the most effective program we do have in terms of improving people's economic situation. Okay it is 'means tested' so it is not truly universal but functionally it works similarly in practical application.

Given the other arguments about income insurance etc, I am not sure why we would not look at EIT expansion, including state level implementations, and maybe temporary enhanced credits for classes of displaced workers. We have a thing that works, why not do more of it?

Again I come back the source and my suspicion is there are not enough strings attached, you got a job and stayed in the work force isn't enough, I am sure she wants to make sure you take some sort of Green/Woke/Nonsense job...

"ailing economy"

1) with near full employment
2) consistent consumer spending
3) stable interest rates
4) slightly elevated but certainly not alarming inflation levels
5) solid market growth year of year
6) easy access to credit

literally the only problem this economy has is consumer sentiment and regardless how people answer the polls its evidently not even enough to make them stop spending. If it wasn't for all the "negative covfefe" people would recognize the economy is doing great.

Its a bunch of ex pols grabbing money so they can have nice job where they don't actually do anything.

They will write up some policy position papers (well they'll have chat GPT do it) and make some websites where companies like MS can put their logos. The companies get pretend they are doing something for PR reasons for a few million, literally less they retaining a handful of salaries would cost them.

It is just 'learn to code all over again'

Grifters gonna grift.

You can't just hang a window AC unit out of one of your windows?

That's easy, does't require any apt. Modifications....

Thank you good answer.

We do not want "mob rule" here in the US...and if we didn't use the EC to more proportionally allocate vote weighting....then basically NYC and California for the most part would dictate who was president....and ignore the vast middle of the US.

Here in the US, you are a citizen of your state first and then of the United States....the state is what affects your life the most directly...and each state is diverse in its population climate, land types and laws....so they need to be more represented on a state level by the president...the Congress has a house with proportionate representations as a part of this too.