[steveegg]

In fact, they seem much more willing to raise it immediately than they do to lower it when the market goes down.

That's mandated in Wisconsin. Under our absurd minimum markup law (supported by DemonRAT governor Jim "Craps" Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale) and various RINOS and RepublicRATs), gas stations must tack on the higher of 6% above what they paid for the gas in their tanks or 9.18% above what that day's average terminal price is.

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This is a "price control" violation of a free market. Many think of price controls as an effort to keep the price down. But, forcing the price higher via government mandate is still a price control and a distortion of a free market.