Because in tough times Americans are supposed to stick together, not take total advantage of each other. Any greedy azzhole to can that.
We have enough azzholes already. I hope they arrest this jackball for selling crap and being greedy in someone else’s parking lot. If he wants to go sell it in front of his house, in front of all his own neighbors, I have no problem with that.
We both agree doing that on someone else’s property is bad.
But for the act itself, I keep in mind, there is no rationing. There isn’t any law against it.
If it were the edge of an arid desert and people were crawling out on their hands and knees and this person was selling water at exorbitant prices (or even any price) I wouldn’t have an issue with someone kicking his butt and taking the water.
This is toilet paper. I would take leaves off a tree or pages out of a book before I would gripe about someone gouging the price of toilet paper.
Our founding fathers well knew that depending on human nature to ensure civil relationships were maintained was not going to work.
"..."Executive Order 2020-8 states that if a business or individual has acquired any product from a retailer, the business or individual must not resell that product in Michigan at a price that is grossly in excess of the purchase price of the product," according to a statement from the governor's office.
Businesses, as well as individuals, are not allowed to sell any product at a price more than 20 percent higher than what the business or individual offered or charged for that product as of March 9, according to the executive order. The only way to bypass this is if the business or individual can prove that the price increase is because of an increase in the cost of bringing the product to market..."
As that is written, in that state, if the guy was doing it, well...he was violating the "Executive Order" as written. As well as doing it on someone else's property. So if he knew about the stupid executive order (which he probably didn't) he is liable for whatever counts as punishment in that pathetic state, which is even worse than my own, if that can be believed.
Personally, I think he is a douche, but I think the Leftist Governor who enacted the Executive order is just as much of a douche, and the person taking the cell phone image and making a big Internet deal out of it is the biggest douchebag out of all of them.
We have jackasses in America, no doubt, but this dustup over stupid toilet paper contributes to the jackassery, IMO.