Quote: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 the most. 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 another 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.

Your all over the place, first of all it's the free market that drills the oil, treats the oil, sends it to the gas station, and then sells it to you. If they quadruple the cost people can't purchase as much and they lose money, that's economics 101 there's a balance between supply and demand, price has nothing to do with government.

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