Drug Price Gouging?
Prices are set based on what the market will bear
They should probably enjoy that cheap gas while they can get it.
For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.
Government has no business dictating prices in the first place.
Depression era rules manage how much can be sold
States have already tried strict rate setting systems-and given up on them.
Don't even try to make sense of the rules
The containers the man used to store and transport the gas--five gallon Home Depot buckets--are unsafe, says the law. Both the man and the gasoline station owner who sold him the gas face misdemeanor charges for that reason.
Profit margins are already dropping, but it's an easy political gesture
A rebuttal to The New Republic's latest prescription for health care reform
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