Tag: price controls

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Socialist Government Makes Groceries Affordable by Making Groceries Unavailable

Alan Nafzger

Ministers celebrate historic reductions in the official price of bread, meat and milk, while supermarkets report a minor technical problem involving the continued existence of food LONDON – The government has announced a historic victory over food inflation after introducing price controls that have successfully reduced the cost of groceries consumers can no longer find. Bread is affordable. Milk is affordable. Meat is affordable. Fresh vegetables are remarkably affordable. The…

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Theoretical Socialism Promises Everyone Free Breakfast, Then Discovers Nobody Grew the Wheat

Alan Nafzger

Government guarantees toast, butter, eggs and coffee for every citizen, but Ministry of Breakfast admits production remains an unfortunate capitalist technicality LONDON – Theoretical socialism has solved world hunger by declaring breakfast a fundamental human right, although government officials concede that the country’s remaining farmers, bakers and chickens have not yet been told what their obligations are. Under the new Universal Breakfast Guarantee, every citizen is entitled to two slices…