(08-19-2024, 07:25 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(08-18-2024, 07:00 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: I get economics but gouging is not the only regulation to put in place.  Perhaps there needs to be purchase limitations on such items, if that is possible to a certain extent.  Is is realistic OR can it be done, I really don't know but it could make things more difficult for people to stock up, leaving others out in the cold.

I totally get economics and can afford the many things I advocate against, especially when it comes to crisis situations like national disasters, epidemics, etc.

Regarding your uncle, I commend his business instinct but also note that those 300 generators from a store like Home Depot could have easily be transferred to local SW FL stores where the consumer could purchase them at a reasonable costs.  I'd much rather have 300 generators available to those hurricane victims at cost rather than to have uncle Teddy bring in generators and charge cost x 4 to the victims.  If gouging laws are in place, he can't hoard them, waiting to take advantage of innocent victims.  I reiterate, I do commend his business acumen

All you're doing is making the market less free. In doing so you're trusting that central planners are better arbiters of commerce than the individuals involved in the transactions and that's why it fails. People are laughing at Kamala's price control strategy but don't understand that all forms of market interference are the exact same thing.

Lol .... then allow the people to drive rent up to the market value.  A few months ago, everyone was complaining about landlords driving rent up and pushing those that can't afford the increases out of places like San Fran and other cities in the US.   What's it going to be, a free market or a market that has some controls such as limitations in crisis situations and perhaps rent increases capped at 5-10% per year?

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