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Anti price “gouging” laws provide a disincentive for people to sell their goods in a disaster area. The reason things get expensive is because it’s more expensive to access disaster areas and tougher to get resupplied. Goods become more valuable and thus used more efficiently. If you have to pay 8 dollars for a bottle of water, you’re going to use it well. If you pay 2 dollars, chances are you won’t have water when you really need it.
Well, that will ensure that there isn’t enough gas in Ky. When will people realize that prices are real? High prices are a valuable way to allocate scarce resources.
Politicians would rather demagogue the issue. They probably even know better, but they’re playing to the ignorant.