[max americana]

I’ve posted a million times there is NO such thing as “price gouging “. That’s just a liberal term . America is a free market economy. You don’t feel comfortable buying it...THEN DONT effing BUY IT. period. Because some people will..

[TangoLimaSierra]

Zactly

[immadashell]

There is a reason public schools don’t teach economics in high school. If they did someone (not liberal) might figure out how the Law of Supply and Demand works. In Business School we used to use the shorthand “ellex” (L- X) diagram. lol

[rlmorel]

Everything has a price, offered by a seller, and contemplated by a buyer.

Sometimes they match up, sometimes they don’t. Sale or no sale.

[Scarpetta]

I flagged a post on our neighborhood website for a guy selling individual N95 masks for $5 a piece. What irked me was that he was ethnic Chinese. The mods removed his post.

[Responsibility2nd]

I’ve posted a million times there is NO such thing as “price gouging “. That’s just a liberal term . America is a free market economy. You don’t feel comfortable buying it...THEN DONT effing BUY IT. period. Because some people will..

 

You can post this a million more times. And you'll still be wrong. The State and Federal governments have had laws and legislation on the books for over 100 years that prove America is not a free market economy.

Which in emergencies like this - legally limit BLACK MARKET economies. And fools selling toilet paper for $60 a case are charged.

 

 

 

[Hot Tabasco]

Just to clarify your position, you would have no problem with all the major market chains deciding to triple the costs of all their products due to the temporary shortages, no matter what the hardship would be to low income and the elderly on small fixed incomes. Am I right?

And you don't find that ethically and morally reprehensible to take advantage of a natural disaster just to profit from the hardships of your customers?