[U.H. Conservative]

Read the post cheering on price gougers as moral exemplars. Our society has degenerated to the point that even some quarters of conservatism are simply masks for hedonistic greed.

[flashbunny]

Ah, another of the free markets are evil brigade step up!

Question:

Would you rather be able to fill up your tank for $3.50 a gallon, or not be able to buy gas at $2.50 a gallon?

Of course, if the situational socialist freepers had their way, they could power their cars merely on raw emotion and hatred for people making that evil thing called 'profit'.

[Lurker]

"Gouging" is a legal term which has no relationship to the realities of the marketplace.

I'm old enough to remember the last time a President tried to control the price of commodities by fiat. It didn't work out so well.

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