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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: TimF who wrote (3926)	1/16/2008 5:09:42 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Are you thinking strictly in terms of jacked up prices for shortage products in an emergency? Say you are a baker and you normally sell bread at 100% profit, the industry standard, then there comes an increased demand for bread, say a recession and people can't afford meat so they stretch it with bread. If you jack up your profit rather than just baking and selling more bread as a response to the increased demand, that's profiteering. I think that's wrong. It's unkind and unnecessary. You're going to have a windfall with the greater demand for bread. Jacking up the price, to boot, knowing people have no choice but to pay it since it's still a cheaper alternative is IMO beyond the pale.

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