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To: Principled
Why doesn't a company go out today and simply increase prices? Why not?

You don't need to Socratic Method me---I know what you're driving at. If an average car costs $XX,XXX, and consumers accept that and are used to paying that price, I don't think there's a way in hell every car manufacturer out there is going to reduce its retail price to .8 x $XX,XXX merely because it no longer has to pay "hidden" taxes during production. You really think one car manufacturer will break ranks and discount their product that much out of good faith? If so, you have more faith in a businessman's "morality" than I do.

105 posted on 08/27/2004 8:39:28 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

If your case prooves to be correct, how about you and I pooling our resources and starting a car manufacturing business? I'm up for stepping through the door that will be wide open for us, how about you?


120 posted on 08/27/2004 9:39:03 AM PDT by CSM (To spread the wealth the liberal is willing, he'll take YOUR dollar and keep his shilling. -albertp)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
=No Socratic method intended. It was that dang post/preview button being close!

Anyway, nobody will discount anything.

I don't see any reason for prices to change. Why do you think there's any reason for prices to change?

206 posted on 08/27/2004 12:08:07 PM PDT by Principled
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