Quote:If we want to go off into hypothetical land I'll play;


What good would it do water companies to overprice their product? A resource that replenishes itself in nature, a resource that is 100% treatable by anyone with a little effort. You don't buy water from a utility company you buy the convince of it treated into your housing pipes, you pay for it bottled and cold, you pay for it disposed down sewage pipes but water is free.


What about people in the desert, well if they can't pay they wouldn't live in the desert gasp they might have to relocate!


The point is the market is simply people offering services and prices at a cost that other people are willing to pay, charge to much and you go out of business.


Now government on the other hand is third parties that make nothing produce nothing and sell nothing dictating what you must produce, purchase and how much.

 

You're missing the point.

 

More people can't fend for themselves, and they don't know how to do the things you just mentioned. Besides, I used water as an example, but feel free to interchange any important resource. Gas and oil being the most-likely to affect you. You pretend like people can just move where it's better. If the oil companies decided to quadruple the cost of gas, where would you be? Do you think you'd be the only one moving closer to work? Are there enough homes to house all of the people moving into the city? The cost of those houses with demand increasing? If you chose to stay where you are, are there jobs that pay enough to support your family? What about the cost of food and supplies now that gas has increased and they're shipping it to your home (where it's further away)? 

 

Your argument is ideal when taken at face value, but it falls on its face when you delve deeper into it. 

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