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Most businesses are subsidiaries of the same few trade conglomerates that have been quietly nationalized via investors acting as middle men so it doesn't look like the government has gone full gay fascist. They don't actually need to make money selling a product in most cases. In fact its better not to make money because then they're eligible for direct government handouts. I use to work for a big pharma company as a contractor and was often confused as to why their managers were trying to sabotage my productivity. So one of them finally explained they don't want to make money, its more profitable to not meet deadlines and get compensated for failing to meet quarterly expectations by the fed. Its been this way since Obama was president, they've been laughing at you ever since giving you dumb shit to care about when the problem is hiding in plain sight right in your face. There is no real market or economy anymore, just a planned one.

TL;DR you already bought the product with your taxes, they could charge anything they want for it but lean towards exorbitantly expensive pretty much just to torture and suppress the poor. See; Brussels.