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To: aknahow who wrote (149824)5/30/2001 11:37:14 PM
From: Thehammer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
We are free to buy or not buy the services of the oil
company as we see fit. There is no gouging. On the other hand, we have no choice (not involving a stent in jail)when it comes to federal income taxes.

<<I would think that in a free country one should be able to vote on an issue as important as this.>>

I think freedom implies the owner sets the price not the buyer.



To: aknahow who wrote (149824)5/31/2001 8:09:27 AM
From: George Coyne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Yes, George, you have finally asked what should have been the obvious questions from the beginning of this "gouging" discussion. "Who is to decide what reasonable prices should be?" "When does a nice profit become "gouging"?". Sounds like somebody is advocating price controls. I seem to recall a country that used to be big on that ... oh, yeah, the USSR.


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