Quote:So businesses aren't allowed to try and make as money as possible within the confines of the law?


It's simple logic. Business A sells product A. To make product A, they need product B. Product B experiences a price increase due to varying factors (pick one you can't lose). Business A faces a choice; lose profit, or transfer the cost elsewhere. E.g. the customer. Now, if you're a private business who is very customer oriented, hey you may be altruistic and decide for now you don't want to raise cost to your customer. Or your profit margin may be razor thin (for instance a restaurant), and you're not running a business just to give away product. As a business owner you want to make money still, not just break even. Now if you're a large corporation with shareholders to answer to , the choice is easy. Businesses want to make money. That's life. Don't like the price, don't buy it