[unspun]

When supply goes down, demand has to go down, otherwise the market doesn’t clear appropriately.

Wrong.

If you need to get down the road, to get to work, you pay anyway.

If you have a heart attack, you go to the hospital, anyway.

[Tublecane]

Are you trying to tell me that price has no effect on demand? Are you crazy?

“If you need to get down the road, to get to work, you pay anyway.”

And the only reason people ever use gas is to get to work and back, right?

“If you have a heart attack, you go to the hospital, anyway”

The only reason anyone ever goes to the hospital is after they have major complcations, right? Speaking as someone who has worked in an Emergency Room, trust me, people who don’t have to pay for their visits are pretty loose about what constitutes an emergency.

[Ron Jeremy]

If you need to get down the road, to get to work, you pay anyway.

How are you going to get to work if there is no gas to buy because of price controls? Some people use gas to work.. others use it just to fart around. When the price is raised, those farting around don't buy as much, so that people who need it to get to work have it.