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How is this different than the price gouging the hand sanitizer guy did?
by taborj 7y ago
How is this different than the price gouging the hand sanitizer guy did?
- amiga_500 7y agoPeople should be asking that question on a lot of life's essentials, where the "provider" removed it from the market only to sell it back at a higher price having added no value.
- sneak 7y agoPeople should also be reminded that nobody forces them to buy any product for a price that they personally find to be unreasonable.
- rmrfrmrf 7y agoYep, like we're seeing now with insulin.
- int_19h 7y agoTheir needs force them to buy the product. If the only one who has it - because they hoarded it - is somebody offering it at an unreasonable price, then they're forced to buy it at that price.
- sneak 7y agoHand sanitizer is not an essential need for anyone; soap is more effective. Nobody is forced by their needs to buy hand sanitizer.
- guerrilla 7y agoHardly true. Some things are necessary (resulting in grave consequences for non-purchase) and may not have other suppliers or may be cartelled.
- Waterluvian 7y agoOr the Americans for trying to corner the market on a potential vaccine in development.
- egdod 7y agoI’m not sure what the hubbub is about that. The US President’s job description is literally to put America first.
- otterley 7y agoNowhere in Article II of the Constitution does it say that. It’s as false as the notion that a corporation must maximize return to shareholders as a matter of law. At most, the Article requires the President to take an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, but that’s a far cry from requiring he do everything possible to make the USA the most profitable country in the world.
- Lammy 7y agoSometimes putting America first means being an altruistic and cooperative international citizen. PR is real.
- shoulderfake 7y agoIn usa when a corporation does it, its legal. When individual does it, they get pinched.
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