• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    10 hours ago

    you can’t male a $12 US widget any more because widget juice now costs twice as much

    At my job, I turn $20 of raw material into 25 pieces I sell for $16 each. Double my material costs, and to break even, I have to make another $20 from the sale of those 25 pieces. I have to charge $16.80 instead of $16.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      it depends on what you make. Margins on food, farming, automobiles, oil and gas, medical devices tend to be pretty small, comparatively speaking. Which are all fairly critical industries.