Posted on 09/11/2017 9:48:14 PM PDT by mtrott
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Well, if I'm in Missouri and have access to generators, on top of the cost of buying the generators, it is going to cost me a lot of money to bring them to Florida. The problem with this type of rhetoric and threats is that nobody will bring in generators and then the people who need them will not be able to buy them at all. The law of supply and demand, with respect to pricing, may seem harsh at times like this, but it ensures that there will actually BE a supply.
What do you think about this issue? IMO, I'd rather at least have the opportunity to buy a generator than have no chance at all.
She’s hot.
There’s a difference between making a profit and taking advantage of desperate people. People were selling cases of water down here for $40.
Yep.
She is doing what she needs to do. Just like the AG in Texas is doing. Price gougers are abusing the free market, taking advantage of emergency to generate excess profit. Too bad the airlines are protected by Congress. They should be challenged further as well. Not good enough that they “voluntarily” rolled back prices.
She is not stopping the $1,000 generator if that is fair. What she is saying is that if this is a generator you list in Miami today for $100, then tomorrow, because of the emergency you raise to to $1,000 to take advantage, that is gouging. A bit more to this, but gouging is an ethical and moral issue, as well as legal. Say it is water, today it is $1 and tomorrow you charge $10. The poor person, thirsty has a $1 but you opt to skip them, to instead sell to a rich person for $10. Or, you take that poor person’s last $10 for that $1 bottle of water. The bottle didn’t cost you more today, you just had chance to jack up the price. I’m sure others can explain this better—there was a thread on FR about this over the past week.
Makes sense what you say, but she specifically complained that people were bringing in generators from out of state and charging $1000. I didn’t know you could buy any kind of generator with significant output for $100.
Gov. or Senate. The one she declines should go to Tebow.
you got a half dozen generators in your truck, perchance?
The thing that amazes me is that people who live in places like Florida where there is the distinct possibility of significant power interruptions due to storms, don’t have a standby generator at home in a place where it isn’t likely to be flooded and where you can run it. And better than a gasoline or diesel powered one, get one you can run on propane, because liquid fuels can gum up the engine if they are allowed to sit for any length of time.
Well, there’s no power or air conditioning.
I’d hit it.
>> She just complained to Hannity that people were bringing in generators from out of state and charging $1000.
Because it’s rare for Florida to have intense hurricanes... and no insurance... and no federal relief... on the magnitude of billions... yet, some “greedy” out-of-staters are hauling in generators for a fraction of the cost.
Get a #ing clue, Bambi.
How do the airlines and Uber get away with charging more at peak times? That is PRICE GOUGING by this definition.
They'll run for office as "a free-market conservative" and sign on to every anti-market, anti-freedom-of-contract regulation once in office. All that separates them from the Dems is they usually won't go along with the unions on matters of importance to organized labor, e.g., minimum wage increases, prevailing wage on federal contracts, right-to-work laws.
I know, an attorney general doesn't have to be expert on everything, and chances are if she took an econ course as an undergrad it was slanted toward the Keynesian school of tax-and-spend, which predominates among the scholarly elite. Her education didn't prepare her for hurricanes and (heaven forbid!) subsequent shortages of basic necessities like water, power, gasoline and toilet paper.
Ms. Bondi, if she truly wants to advance her political career, might want to brush up a bit on basic economics and try to set herself apart from Democrats who are totally inept in that area and plan to stay that way.
The same recommendation applies to a couple of southern governors who call themselves Republicans, BTW.
Gov creates the black market. They force businesses to sell water or generators or whatever else they have for less than they could. Leading to people buying more water than they need and faster than they need and stores being sold out. Unnecessary, because Pam Bondi and other government officials don’t understand economics.
Thank God there are at least a few true conservatives left here!
“Because it’s rare for Florida to have intense hurricanes... and no insurance... and no federal relief... on the magnitude of billions... yet, some “greedy” out-of-staters are hauling in generators for a fraction of the cost.”
Okay, then. So because of her threats, they turn around and don’t even go to Florida. She scares them off and then there are NO generators to be bought in Florida. How does that help anybody?
>> She scares them off
Or pisses them off.
She’s a shortsighted, pandering idiot.
There is not one politician that will speak the objective truth... except for one.
Recall Trump and his comments on Charlottesville where he boldly defended the honest civilians standing up for art, culture, and history. No doubt Trump knew he’d ultimately be criticized, but nonetheless, he spoke for those few honest Americans standing in defense of their heritage — our heritage. That’s truly amazing, and does not normally exist in politics anywhere. God bless the man.
You are dead on.
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