[Gondring]

Correct. Some of the ...ahem.... big box supercenters have gotten into similar trouble for selling gas under the going rate to draw customers to stores.

As the article says:

Defenders of the law say it's critical to protect small and medium-sized stations.

They note that unlike large chains, those stations often can't cushion below-cost gasoline with sales of other merchandise.

In other words, it's designed to be a pro-competition move in an odd sort of way.

[moehoward]

Still another way to put it is pro-Mom & Pop.

[ohhhh]

[They note that unlike large chains, those stations often can't cushion below-cost gasoline with sales of other merchandise.]
(In other words, it's designed to be a pro-competition move in an odd sort of way.)

It's the way that politicians undermine a free economy by making state control buisness laws that never work and will eventually destroy America's properity. Communism is what it is and athiest materialism always leads to poverty near as I can tell.